مَكَارِمِnoble virtues

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لَهُ رَأَيْتُهُ يَأْمُرُ بِمَكَارِمِ الْأَخْلاَقِ،

  So he said to him, "I saw him enjoining noble character."

  بِمَكَارِمِ — with noble virtues. The bi- preposition fused to a plural noun, here marking what the enjoining is about — its content or object. It governs that noun in the prepositional case, tying the act of commanding to noble qualities.

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