نِيَّةٌintention

Example sentences

• ضع نيةً محددة كإبرة بوصلتك، ثم اجعل أعمالك الصغيرة تدور حولها وضوء حاضر، نظرة مصروفة عن فضول، كلمة مكفوفة عن إيذاء، ابتسامة تُثبِّت قلبًا واهيًا

  Set a specific intention as your compass needle, then let your small deeds revolve around it: a mindful ablution, a glance turned away from curiosity, a restrained word from harm, a smile that steadies a weak heart.

  نِيَّةً — intention. 'niyya' = 'intention'. The '-an' ending marks it as the object, 'an intention'.

  From: On Sincerity →

• يُمهِّد الصمتُ لنيةٍ أدقّ، فيجعل الكلمةَ أصدق، والحكمَ أعدل، والاعتذارَ أسرع

  Silence paves the way for a sharper intention, making words more truthful, judgments more just, and apologies faster.

  لِنِيَّةٍ — for an intention. The 'li-' marks what silence paves FOR — 'for an intention,' indefinite, in the -i form. The thing readied: one's inner purpose, sharpened, as the adjective next says.

  From: On Silence →

• العملُ بلا نيةٍ كرحلةٍ بلا بوصلة؛

  Action without intention is like a journey without a compass;

  نِيَّةٍ — intention. 'intention,' indefinite, in the -i form after 'without.' Action stripped of intention — purposeless doing — is what the sentence likens to aimless travel, via 'like' next.

  From: Purifying Your Intentions →

• النيةُ لا تُعلَنُ للناس بقدر ما تُدرَّبُ في السرّ؛

  Intention is not declared to people as much as it is cultivated in secret.

  النِّيَّةُ — the intention. 'intention,' the subject (the -u), the topic of this maxim. What is done with it — declared versus cultivated — follows in two passive verbs, balanced against each other.

  From: Purifying Your Intentions →