مَعْرِفَةُknowledge

Example sentences

• وَهِيَ الْمَعْرِفَةُ وَالْعَقْلُ وَالْإِيمَانُ وَالْيَقِينُ

  And it is knowledge, intellect, faith, and certainty.

  الْمعرفَة — knowledge. An abstract noun ('knowledge') made definite by 'al-', standing as the first predicate that the pronoun 'it' equals. It opens the spelled-out list of the four deposited things, the definite ending marking each as a known, specific item.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →

• وَرُبَّمَا قَوِيَتْ مَعْرِفَةُ عَالِمٍ مِنْهُمْ، وَتَفَاقَمَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ

  Perhaps the knowledge of a scholar among them grew strong, while his sins worsened.

  مَعْرِفَةُ — knowledge of. This noun is the subject of the feminine verb before it and at the same time the head of an 'of' chain with the next word: 'the knowledge of a scholar'. It is the thing possessed, leaning forward onto the owner that follows. As the head of the chain it drops any 'the' of its own.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →