طَاعَةٍobedience

Example sentences

• طَاعَةً بِطَاعَةٍ وَمَعْصِيَةً بِمَحَبَّةٍ

  Obedience for the sake of obedience, and disobedience for the sake of love.

  بِطَاعَة — by obedience. The 'bi-' here marks exchange or cause ('in return for / by'): 'obedience FOR obedience'. It governs the following noun in the genitive ending and pairs the two like-for-like, building the symmetry of the reckoning.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →

• وَمِنْ هَذِهِ حَالُهُ لَا يَفُوزُ بِطَاعَةٍ

  And such is his state: he does not attain success through obedience.

  بِطَاعَةٍ — through obedience. The bi- prefix is a preposition meaning 'by means of', and it puts the noun it rides on into the genitive while marking it as the instrument: the channel THROUGH which success would (but does not) come. It links the failed attaining of the verb to obedience as the missing means.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →