مَقْصَدٌobjective

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →