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قَسْوَةٌ hardness in Arabic

قَسْوَةٌ is how you say “hardness” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَمنع إِجَابَة الدُّعَاء وقسوة الْقلب

And the blocking of answered prayers and hardness of the heart.

وَقَسْوَةُ and hardness

wa- = 'and'; qaswa means 'hardness', heading the next 'of…' word.

From Returning to God

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More example sentences

فإياكم وفضول المطعم، فإنه يسم القلب بالقسوة، ويبطئ بالجوارح عن الطاعة، ويصم الأذان عن السماع للموعظة،

Beware of excess in food, for it marks the heart with hardness, slows the limbs from obedience, and deafens the ears from hearing admonition.

بِالْجَوَارِحِ with the limbs

The 'bi-' here marks what is affected, 'the limbs', and governs the genitive. With the verb of slowing it shows the limbs as the thing held back; the 'al-' makes them definite.

From Eating in Moderation

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