بِرِّهِhis dutifulness

Example sentences

• بَلَغَ مِنْ بِرِّهِ بِأَبِيهِ أَنَّ يَحْيَى كَانَ لاَ يَتَوَضَّأُ إِلَّا بِالْمَاءِ الْحَارِّ،

  His dutifulness toward his father reached such a degree that Yahya would not perform ritual ablution except with hot water.

  بَرَّهُ — his dutifulness. This noun names dutiful conduct toward parents and carries the 'his' pronoun on its end, marking the owner of that devotion. Arabic attaches the owner directly onto the back of the noun rather than using a separate 'his'. It is the quality whose remarkable extent the sentence is measuring.

  From: A Son Protecting His Father →