طَبِيعَةِnatural disposition

Example sentences

• وَذِكْرُ الْآخِرَةِ أَمْرٌ خَارِجٌ عَنِ الطَّبِيعَةِ، ثُمَّ هِيَ مِنْ خَارِجٍ،

  And mentioning the Hereafter is a matter outside of natural disposition, and it comes from outside.

  الطَّبِيعَةِ — the natural disposition. A noun made definite by al-, sitting in the genitive because the preceding preposition governs it. It names the thing the 'matter' lies outside of: innate human nature. The preposition plus this noun form the phrase that completes the contrast.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →