قَلْبَheart

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ الصَّبَابَةُ لِإِنْصِبَابِ الْقَلْبَ إِلَيْهِ

  Then comes ardent longing, as the heart pours itself out toward Him.

  الْقَلْبَ — the heart. A definite noun 'the heart' in the accusative as the object within the action-noun 'pouring'. An action-noun can take an accusative object just as a verb would, and this names what is poured out.

  From: Faith and Worship →

• قَالَ أَبُو فِرَاسٍ أَرْوَحُ الْقَلْبَ بِبَعْضِ الْهَزْلِ تَجَاهُلًا مِنِّي بِغَيْرِ جَهْلٍ،

  Abu Firas said: I enliven the heart with some levity, feigning indifference, but not out of ignorance.

  الْقَلْبَ — the heart. The al- makes this definite, 'the' heart, the specific known thing. It is the receiver-of-the-action of the verb before it, so it wears the accusative object ending, marking it as what gets enlivened.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →