أَحْرَصَmost eager

Example sentences

• وَكَانُوا أَحْرَصَ شَيْءٍ عَلَى الْخَيْرِ

  They were most eager for good.

  أَحْرَصَ — most eager. This is the comparative pattern used here as a superlative, 'most eager', and it heads a phrase of comparison: it is followed by the thing compared against. The form itself carries the 'most' force that English spells out with a separate word.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• فَخَانَتْهُمْ أَحْرَصَ مَا كَانُوا عَلَيْهَا،

  So the very thing they had been most eager for betrayed them.

  أَحْرَصَ — most eager. This is a top-degree adjective, 'most eager', used to single out the extreme case. Here it heads a 'at the very moment they were most...' construction, pinpointing the worst possible time for the betrayal. Its accusative ending fits that adverbial 'when at their keenest' role.

  From: Ignoring God's Guidance →