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كَسْلَان lazy in Arabic

كَسْلَان is how you say “lazy” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وقال ﴿وَلا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلاةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَى وَلا يُنْفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَارِهُونَ﴾

And He said, 'They do not approach prayer except lazily, and they do not spend except reluctantly.'

كُسَالَىٰ lazily

This is a plural adjective meaning 'lazy ones', the predicate of the circumstantial clause: while they are sluggish. Arabic places this describing word as the predicate of 'they', painting the state in which they pray.

From Prayer and Charity

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