طَمَعhope

Example sentences

• وقال ﴿تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ﴾

  And He said, 'Their sides shun their beds as they call upon their Lord in fear and hope, and from what We have provided them, they spend.'

  وَطَمَعًا — and hope. The wa- adds a matching motive, a noun in the same indefinite accusative, 'and out of hope'. Paired with 'fear', it gives the second reason for their calling; the accusative marks it as a cause, balancing fear with hope.

  From: Prayer and Charity →