فَقْرٌneed

Example sentences

• فَيرى فِي ذَلِك فقره إِلَى ربّه، وظلمه فِي نَفسه

  Thus, he sees in that his need for his Lord, and his injustice to himself.

  فَقْرَهُ — his need. faqr means 'poverty, need'; the ending '-hu' adds 'his' — 'his need'; the object of 'sees'.

  From: Returning to God →

• وَلَا يمل من خدمته مع حاجته وفقره إِلَيْهِ،

  And that he does not tire of serving Him, despite his need and poverty before Him,

  وَفَقْرِهِ — and poverty. wa- = 'and'; faqr means 'poverty'; the ending '-hi' adds 'his' — 'and his poverty'.

  From: Seeds and Streams of Deeds →

• وغناك قبل فقرك،

  And your wealth before your poverty.

  فَقْرِكَ — your poverty. A noun 'poverty' with an attached 'your' fused on, completing the 'before' phrase: before your poverty. The possessor rides on the suffix; it names the deadline for using wealth.

  From: Seize the Days You Have →

• وَهُوَ الْفَقْرُ اللَّازِمُ فَيَرُدُّكَ عَنْ غِنَى الْكِفَايَةِ

  And it is persistent poverty that turns you away from the wealth of sufficiency.

  الْفَقْرُ — the poverty. The noun 'poverty', made definite by al- ('the'), here the thing the pronoun is equated with in 'and it is the poverty...'. As the second half of a verbless equation it stands in the plain nominative ending, with no verb linking it to the 'it'.

  From: Charity and Stinginess →