قَصَدَintention

Example sentences

• اجعل ذِكرَك جُمَلًا تامّة تقود قصدك

  Make your remembrance complete sentences that guide your intention.

  قَصْدَكَ — your intention. 'your aim' — 'qasd' with 'your' attached, the object of 'leads'. The suffix supplies 'your' with no separate word.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

• توحيدٌ يُفرِد اللهَ بالقصد، وتعظيمٌ يُثمرُ الخشية، واستحضارُ عملٍ يُهذِّبُ الجوارح

  Tawhid that singles out Allah in purpose, glorification that produces awe, and mindfulness of action that refines the limbs.

  بِالْقَصْدِ — with purpose. 'in intent' — here 'bi' marks the respect in which God is singled out, governing the definite genitive. Singled out specifically in one's aim or purpose.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

• لَا يَقْصِدُونَ مَا يُرْضِي الرَّبَّ وَيُحِبُّهُ

  They do not intend what pleases the Lord and what He loves.

  يَقْصِدُونَ — they intend. A present-tense verb shaped for a 'they' subject, the plural carried in its ending, meaning 'they intend'. Under the preceding 'do not' it becomes 'they do not intend'. The subject 'they' needs no separate pronoun.

  From: Trust and Piety →

• فَقَالَ أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ يَقْصِدُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ؛

  The Sunnis said that he meant Abu Bakr.

  يَقْصِدُ — he meant. A present-tense verb, 'means/intends', with its 'he' subject built in, used in a vivid present for reported thought. It names the interpretation the Sunnis attribute to the speaker, taking the name that follows as its object.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →

• قَالَتْ الشِّيعَةُ بَلُّ يَقْصِدُ عَلِيًّا؛

  The Shiites said, "No, he meant Ali."

  يَقْصِدُ — he meant. A present-tense verb, 'means/intends', with its 'he' subject built in, in a vivid present for reported thought. It names the interpretation the Shi'a attribute to the speaker, taking the name after it as its object.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →