جَوْهَرِهِits very essence

Example sentences

• وَبَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَتَفَاوَتُونَ فِي الْعَقْلَيْنِ وَجَوْهَرِهِ وَمِقْدَارِ مَا أَعْطَوْا مِنْهُ،

  Furthermore, people differ in the two intellects, in its very essence, and in the amount of it that they were given.

  وَجَوْهَرِهِ — and its very essence. The leading wa- coordinates this as the next respect of difference, parallel to the previous phrase, so it stays in the (genitive). An attached '-its' rides at its end, pointing back to the essence under discussion. So one short word both joins the list and carries its possessor inside it.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →