سَمْعٌhearing, ears

Example sentences

• فارجع إلى الله واطلبه من عينك وسمعك وقلبك ولسانك،

  Return to God and seek Him with your eyes, ears, heart, and tongue.

  وَسَمْعِكَ — your ears. wa- = 'and'; sam means 'hearing'; the ending '-ka' adds 'your' — 'your hearing'.

  From: Knowledge, Reverence, Obedience →

• وَإِذا تجلى بِصفة السّمع وَالْبَصَر وَالْعلم

  And when He manifests in the attributes of hearing, seeing, and knowledge.

  السَّمْعِ — of hearing. The owner completing 'the attribute of hearing', genitive, definite. The first faculty named.

  From: Humility Before the Divine →

• وَصَارَ كَلَامهم بسمع الرَّسُول والصدّيق

  And their words reached the ears of the Messenger and the Truthful One.

  بِسَمْعِ — with the hearing. 'Bi-' (within / at) fused with 'hearing', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'within earshot of the Messenger'; it governs the genitive. The 'bi-' marks the place reached; it owns the noun that follows.

  From: The Night of the Migration →

• فَالْحَالَةُ الْعَامَّةُ أَنَّ الْقَلْبَ لَا يَكُونُ عَلَى صِفَتِهِ مِنَ الْيَقَظَةِ عِنْدَ سَمْعِ الْمَوْعِظَةِ وَبَعْدِهَا؛

  Generally, the heart is not in a state of wakefulness when hearing an admonition and afterward.

  سَمْعِ — hearing. This action-noun names the act of hearing and sits in the genitive the preposition governs. It heads an 'of' pairing with the admonition: 'the hearing of the admonition'.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →