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مَقْصَدٌ objective in Arabic

مَقْصَدٌ is how you say “objective” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ومن فقهِ المقاصدِ أن يُوزَنَ الفعلُ بثمرتِه هل يدرأ ضررًا أعظم أم يجلبُ نفعًا راجحًا؟

From the understanding of the objectives, an action is weighed by its outcome: does it prevent a greater harm or bring a significant benefit?

المَقاصِدِ the objectives

A broken plural, 'the objectives / higher aims,' in the -i form, owned in 'the grasp of the objectives.' These are the goals the law serves; weighing acts by outcome is part of understanding them.

From Five Objectives of Islamic Law

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إذ المقاصدُ ميزانٌ يعيدُ ترتيبَ الأولوياتِ ويَجمعُ بين نصٍّ مُحكَمٍ وعقلٍ راشدٍ وواقعٍ مُتغيِّر

For the objectives are a scale that reorders priorities and integrates clear text, sound intellect, and changing reality.

المَقَاصِدُ the objectives

A broken plural, 'the objectives,' the subject of a verb-less statement (the -u). Its predicate — 'are a scale' — comes next with no verb 'are'; Arabic needs none in the present.

From Five Objectives of Islamic Law

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