ضَرَرٌharm

Example sentences

• ومن فقهِ المقاصدِ أن يُوزَنَ الفعلُ بثمرتِه هل يدرأ ضررًا أعظم أم يجلبُ نفعًا راجحًا؟

  From the understanding of the objectives, an action is weighed by its outcome: does it prevent a greater harm or bring a significant benefit?

  ضَرَرًا — a harm. 'a harm,' in the -a form as object of 'wards off,' indefinite. Qualified by 'greater' next: does the act repel a HARM, and a weightier one at that?

  From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →

• والمنطق نفعه قليل، وضرره وبيل،

  Logic has little benefit, but its harm is severe.

  وَضَرَرُهُ — and its harm. 'and its harm,' with 'its' for logic — the subject of the second nested statement, joined by 'and.' Its predicate, 'severe,' follows. The balance: little benefit, but great harm.

  From: Revelation Over Philosophy →

• وَيَتَحَقَّقُ ضَرَرٌ حَالُ ثُمَّ يَغْشَاهُ،

  And a harm in the present situation becomes real, then it overtakes him.

  ضَرَرٌ — a harm. A noun left deliberately general, with no 'the' attached, which Arabic signals by the final -un buzz. That indefiniteness matters: it is 'a harm', some unspecified damage, not a known one. It stands as the subject of the verb just before it.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →