غَبْنٍinjustice

Example sentences

• لَعُمْرُكَ مَا شَيْءٌ يَفُوْتُكَ نَيْلُهُ بِغَبْنٍ وَلَكِنَّ فِي الْعُقُولِ التَّغَابُنُ

  By your life, nothing you fail to obtain is lost through injustice; rather, minds are mutually deluded.

  بِغَبْنٍ — because of injustice. The prefix bi- here marks cause or manner, 'through/because of', and forces the noun after it into the (genitive). It tells you the alleged WAY a thing would be lost, namely through injustice, which the line denies. It links the loss to its supposed cause.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →