بَصِيرَةٍinsight

Example sentences

• لِأَنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا عَاقِلًا ذَا بَصِيرَةٍ فَهُوَ أَثْقَلُ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ

  For if he is a believing, rational person with insight, he is harder for the devil than the mountains.

  بَصِيرَةٍ — insight. This noun is the possessed half of 'possessor of insight', so it sits in the (genitive); its indefinite ending keeps it general. Paired with the 'possessor' word it yields 'having insight'. It names the faculty the person is supposed to have.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →