جُوعhunger

Example sentences

• رُبَّ صَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صَوْمِهِ إِلَّا الْجُوعُ وَالْعَطَشُ، وَرُبَّ قَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ إِلَّا السَّهَرُ

  'Perhaps a fasting person gains nothing from his fast except hunger and thirst, and perhaps one who prays gains nothing from his prayer except sleeplessness.'

  الْجُوعُ — hunger. A definite noun, 'the hunger', the one thing exempted from the denial, carrying the attached 'the'. Standing after 'except' it names what is in fact left of the fast.

  From: Empty Fasting, Empty Prayer →