نَوَائِبِhardships/trials

Example sentences

• وَتُعِينُ عَلَى نَوَائِبِ الْحَقِّ

  And you help upon the calamities of the truth.

  نَوَائِبِ — the calamities. A plural noun heading an 'of' pairing with 'the truth' that follows, so it drops its own 'the' and takes definiteness from that owner; governed by the preposition, it sits in the genitive. It names the hardships that the help meets.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →

• وَأَوْصَى عِبَادَهُ بِالِاسْتِعَانَةِ بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلٰوَةِ عَلَى نَوَائِبِ الدُّنْيَا وَالدِّينِ

  And he advised his servants to seek help through patience and prayer when facing the calamities of the world and of religion.

  نَوَائِبِ — calamities. A broken-plural noun ('calamities') leading the first half of an 'of' pairing, in the genitive after the preposition. As the head it stays bare of 'the', handing definiteness to the owner that follows.

  From: Patience and God's Help →