نِيَّةٌ intention in Arabic
نِيَّةٌ is how you say “intention” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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'.
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More example sentences
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.
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.
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.