شَرَفhonor

Example sentences

• التَّواضُعُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الشَّرَفِ

  Humility is more beloved to him than honor.

  الشَّرَفِ — honor. Carries 'al-' (the), naming the known quality of high standing, and sits in the genitive because the comparative 'than' before it governs that case. It is the benchmark humility is said to outrank. Its definiteness frames honour as the recognised prize being weighed.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →

• وَقَالَ لُقْمَانُ غَايَةُ الشَّرَفِ وَالسُّؤْدُدِ حُسْنُ الْعَقْلِ

  Luqman said, 'The highest honor and distinction is a sound mind.'

  الشّرف — of honor. Definite by 'al-' and serving as the owner-word in 'the peak of honour', so it sits in the genitive as the second of two linked nouns. The two nouns set together carry the 'of' with no separate word. It names what the peak is the peak of.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →