جَاهِلignorant

Example sentences

• مَا تبلغ الْأَعْدَاء من جَاهِل من يبلغ الْجَاهِل من نَفسه

  What enemies achieve against an ignorant person is not as much as what the ignorant person achieves against himself.

  جَاهِلٍ — ignorant person. In the genitive after 'min', indefinite (the tanwin) — 'an ignorant one'. The target of the enemies' harm.

  From: Love and Devotion to God →

• مَا تبلغ الْأَعْدَاء من جَاهِل من يبلغ الْجَاهِل من نَفسه

  What enemies achieve against an ignorant person is not as much as what the ignorant person achieves against himself.

  الْجَاهِلُ — the ignorant. The subject of 'attains', nominative ('-u'), definite now (the same fool), after its verb. The self-harmer.

  From: Love and Devotion to God →

• وقد يكون لطفًا من الله تعالى بالعبد الجاهل،

  And it may be a kindness from Almighty Allah to the ignorant servant,

  الْجَاهِلِ — the ignorant. A describing word, 'the ignorant', carrying its own attached 'the' to match the definite noun it modifies. Arabic makes an adjective agree with its noun in definiteness, so the doubled 'the' is the grammar showing the two belong together.

  From: Trust in God →

• جد سيدنا ومولانا الإمام الواجبة ومخالفه جاهلي في مذهبي

  The ancestor of our master and lord, the Imam whose obedience is obligatory, and whoever opposes him is ignorant in my view.

  جَاهِلِيٌّ — is ignorant. This is the predicate of a verbless statement, 'is ignorant', describing the opposer. Arabic states 'X is ignorant' with no word for 'is', just placing the predicate after the subject, and the -un ending marks it as an indefinite description.

  From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →

• فإنك جاهل خبل فداوم بالله على التواضع الزائد ،

  For surely you are ignorant and foolish, so persist in excessive humility with God,

  جَاهِلٌ — ignorant. This indefinite noun, 'ignorant', is the comment of the inna clause and so takes the plain subject ending, predicated of the 'you' carried in inna. With no verb 'is' spoken, Arabic sets this predicate beside the subject; its undefined ending marks it as the new information.

  From: True Devotion →