مَشَقَّةٌhardship

Example sentences

• والحاجياتِ التي ترفعُ الحرجَ والمشقَّةَ،

  needs that alleviate difficulty and hardship,

  وَالْمَشَقَّةَ — and hardship. 'and strain / hardship,' a second object in the -a form, joined by 'and.' Together with 'difficulty' it names what the 'needs' relieve — the grinding burdens short of outright necessity.

  From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →

• فالصلاة والصيام والزكاة والحج، وإن كانت مشقة على البدن، فإنها راحة للقلب، وطهارة للروح

  Prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage, though burdensome on the body, are comfort for the heart and purification for the soul.

  مَشَقَّةً — burdensome. The description carried by the linking verb, 'a hardship'. Because that 'to be' verb governs its predicate into the object ending, this noun takes that ending even though it merely describes the subject.

  From: Facing God's Tests →

• وكذلك الصدق والأمانة والبر والإحسان، وإن كانت تكلف الإنسان مشقة، فإنها ترفع قدره، وتزيد في حسناته

  Similarly, truthfulness, trustworthiness, righteousness, and benevolence, though they cost effort, elevate one's status and increase his good deeds.

  مَشَقَّةً — effort. The second object of 'cost', 'hardship', naming what is exacted. It also takes the object ending; the two objects together read 'cost the person hardship'.

  From: Facing God's Tests →