الطَّاعَةِobedience

Example sentences

• فَلا أَقَلُّ مِنَ الإِقْبَالِ عَلَى الطَّاعَةِ،

  So at the very least, be eager to obey.

  الطَّاعَةِ — obedience. A definite noun with al- ('the obedience'), governed by the preposition before it into the 'of'-style (genitive) ending. It names the goal one should turn toward, the object of the eagerness the sentence urges.

  From: Humility Over Fame →

• فَيَصْبِرُ عَلَى مِشْقَةِ الطَّاعَةِ

  So he endures the hardship of obedience.

  الطَّاعَةِ — the obedience. The owner that closes the 'of' pairing ('the obedience'), supplying the definiteness for the whole phrase 'the hardship of obedience'. Its al- ('the') blends in sound into the next consonant, a normal assimilation that does not change what is written. It carries the genitive ending as the second term.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →