صورةimage

Example sentences

• والأفضلُ أن تجمعَ اللفظَ والحضور تردِّد لا إلهَ إلا الله وأنت تفكّ قيودَ قلبِك من كلِّ معبودٍ باطلٍ صورة، مال، هوى

  And it is better to combine the utterance and presence: you repeat 'None is worthy of worship except Allah' while freeing your heart from all false gods: images, wealth, desires.

  صُورَةٍ — images. 'an image', genitive, the first concrete example of those false gods, listed in apposition. Indefinite — any likeness one bows to.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

• وَصُورَة وَأَنت الْمَعْنى

  And a form, and you are the meaning.

  وَصُورَةٌ — and a form. 'And' plus 'a form / shape', a predicate parallel to 'a tree', indefinite nominative — all things are 'a form'. The outward shell.

  From: Remembering and Loving God →