طَبْعnature in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّ الطِّبَاعَ تَحْمِلُ عَلَى خُصُومَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ

  For nature inclines towards opposing enemies.

  الطِّبَاعَ — nature. al- = 'the'; tiba means 'natural dispositions, temperament'; the '-a' ending marks it as the subject of 'inna' ('for nature…').

  From: Resisting Temptation →

• فَهِيَ تَتَنَاوَلُ مَا يَدْعُوهَا إِلَيْهِ الطَّبْعُ مِنَ الْغِذَاءِ إِذَا حَضَرَ

  They consume what their nature calls them to when food is present.

  الطَّبْعُ — nature. The subject of 'calls', held back until after the verb — Arabic lets the verb come first and name its doer afterward. Nominative.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• وَالآدَمِيُّ يَمْتَنِعُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ بِقَهْرِ عَقْلِهِ لِطَبْعِهِ

  And the human refrains from that by subduing his nature with reason.

  لِطَبْعِهِ — his nature. The li- marks the target of the overpowering — what gets subdued is 'his nature'. So reason (the previous word) masters nature (this one); the two li-/genitive cues keep the roles straight.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• ما تُطالِعُه وتُكرِّرُه يتراكمُ فيك حتى يُصبحَ طبعًا

  What you read and repeat accumulates within you until it becomes second nature.

  طَبْعًا — second nature. 'an ingrained nature / disposition,' in the -a form because 'becomes' forces its predicate there. The end-state: what you repeatedly take in eventually becomes your very TEMPERAMENT — hence guard what you feed your mind, as the next sentence urges.

  From: Guarding Your Attention →