سَرَابmirage

Example sentences

• وعلى الضدّ من ذلك مَن لم تبقَ له حسنةٌ معتبرة وقد قضاها على الباطل فلا يقوم له وزن؛ أعماله كالسراب أو الرماد في يومٍ عاصف

  And on the contrary: whoever has no significant good deeds left—having wasted them on falsehood—has no weight; his deeds are like a mirage or ashes on a stormy day.

  كَالسَّرَابِ — like a mirage. 'like the mirage' — 'ka' (like) plus the definite genitive. The predicate: his deeds are a mirage — they look like water, yield nothing.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →