عُقُولِminds in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَعِلَاجُ الأَبْدَانِ أَيْسَرُ خَطَبًا حِينَ تَعْتَلُ مِنْ عِلَاجِ الْعُقُولِ

  And the treatment of bodies is an easier matter when they fall ill than the treatment of minds.

  الْعُقُولِ — the minds. This is the possessed half of the 'treatment of minds' pairing, so it sits in the (genitive) and supplies the definiteness for the whole phrase through its al-. It is a plural naming the mental faculties as a category. Pairing it against 'bodies' is what makes the sentence a contrast between two kinds of treatment.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• لَعُمْرُكَ مَا شَيْءٌ يَفُوْتُكَ نَيْلُهُ بِغَبْنٍ وَلَكِنَّ فِي الْعُقُولِ التَّغَابُنُ

  By your life, nothing you fail to obtain is lost through injustice; rather, minds are mutually deluded.

  الْعُقُولِ — the minds. This noun stands in the (genitive) under the preceding 'in'; its al- makes it definite, 'the minds'. It is the location the line says the real deficiency lies in. Its case is the grammatical effect of the preposition before it.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →