خُلُقnature

Example sentences

• لَكِن مَقْصُود أهل التَّحْقِيق كالجنيد وَنَحْوه أَن يكون هَذَا التَّوْحِيد للْعَبد خلقا ومقاما

  However, what the people of realization, like Al-Junayd and his peers, mean is that this tawhid becomes for the servant a disposition and a station.

  خُلُقًا — a nature. The predicate of 'becomes', so accusative — 'becomes a disposition'. Indefinite: an ingrained trait.

  From: Worship God Alone →

• هكذا يتحولُ الخلافُ من معركةِ أنا إلى تمرينٍ على الصدق والرحمة، ومن صخبِ الأصوات إلى فنٍّ رفيعٍ في موازنة الحجّة بالخلق

  Thus, the disagreement transforms from a battle of egos to an exercise in honesty and mercy, from the noise of voices to a refined art in balancing argument with character.

  بِالخُلُقِ — with character. The balancing reaches its other side through 'bi-' — 'balancing argument WITH character.' The noun, in the -i form after the preposition, names the counterweight: good character. The closing image — argument held in balance with moral conduct.

  From: Mercy in Disagreement →