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كَبَائِر major sins in Arabic

كَبَائِر is how you say “major sins” in Arabic.

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وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَرَمَضَانُ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ مَكَفِّرَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ إِذَا اجْتُنِبَتِ الْكَبَائِرِ

The Messenger of Allah said: The five prayers, Friday to Friday, and Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for what is between them, if the major sins are avoided.

الْكَبَائِرُ the major sins

A noun with 'the', 'the major sins', standing as the thing acted upon by the passive verb. Being the subject of a passive, it takes the subject form even though it is what is avoided.

From What Small Worship Erases

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وَصَدَقَ وَاللهِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ فَمَا فِيهِ حَصْرُ الْكَبَائِرِ

And by Allah, Ibn Abbas was correct. As for the Hadith, it does not limit the major sins.

الْكَبَائِرِ the major sins

The owner-noun completing 'limiting of the major sins', set straight after with no word for 'of', in the (genitive) possessor form. It names what would be limited.

From What Small Worship Erases

وَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ تَسْلِيمِ أَنَّ بَعْضَ الْكَبَائِرِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ بَعْضٍ،

And it must be acknowledged that some major sins are more severe than others.

الْكَبَائِرِ the major sins

The owner-noun completing 'some of the major sins', set straight after, in the (genitive) possessor form, with its 'the' marking the known class. It names the whole from which 'some' is drawn.

From What Small Worship Erases

أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ عَدَّ الشِّرْكَ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ مَعَ أَنَّ مُرْتَكِبَهُ مُخَلَّدٌ فِي النَّارِ وَلَا يُغْفَرُ لَهُ أَبَدًا؟

Do you not see that He counted associating partners with Allah among the major sins, even though its doer will remain eternally in the Fire and will never be forgiven?

الْكَبَائِرِ the major sins

A noun with 'the', 'the major sins', held in the (genitive) form by the 'among' before it. It names the class the sin is counted within.

From What Small Worship Erases

فَأَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ تَعَالَى، وَهُوَ نَوْعَانِ

The greatest of the major sins is associating partners with Allah the Exalted, and it is of two types.

الْكَبَائِرِ of the major sins

The owner-noun completing 'the greatest of the major sins', set straight after with no word for 'of', in the (genitive) possessor form. Its 'the' marks the known class out of which the greatest is picked.

From The Sin of Idolatry

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