نَسَبٌlineage

Example sentences

• وَمَنْ أَبَطْأَ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ لَمْ يُسْرِعْ بِهِ نَسَبُهُ

  And whoever is slowed by his deeds will not be hastened forward by his lineage.

  نَسَبُهُ — his lineage. The -u marks this as the doer that fails to act: one's lineage. Set against 'his deeds' earlier, the two subjects frame the lesson — deeds decide rank, ancestry cannot make up the difference.

  From: Easing a Believer's Hardship →