تَكْلِيفٌobligation

Example sentences

• من أراد السلامة ما عرف التكليف

  Whoever wants safety has not understood obligation.

  التَّكْلِيفَ — obligation. The thing not understood, 'obligation', taking the object ending as what the verb acts on. Its 'the' marks it as the definite duty meant, the burden of being held responsible.

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• وهذا التكليف يشق على النفوس، لأنها مجبولة على حب الراحة والاستسلام للشهوات

  And this obligation is burdensome on the souls because they are inclined to love comfort and surrender to desires.

  التَّكْلِيفُ — obligation. The noun the demonstrative points to, 'the obligation', the topic of the sentence. Its 'the' is required because a demonstrative in Arabic pairs only with a definite noun, so 'this' and 'the' go together.

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• فمن أراد السلامة من التكليف، فقد أراد المستحيل

  Whoever wishes to be free from obligation desires the impossible.

  التَّكْلِيفِ — obligation. The thing escaped, 'obligation', in the genitive because the preposition governs it. Its 'the' makes it the definite burden of responsibility.

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• ولكن العاقل لا يطلب السلامة من التكليف، بل يطلب التوفيق للقيام به

  But the wise person does not seek freedom from obligation; rather, he seeks guidance to fulfill it.

  التَّكْلِيفِ — obligation. The thing escaped, 'obligation', in the genitive after the preposition, made definite by its 'the'.

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• فليستعن العبد بربه، وليسأله التوفيق، وليصبر على تكاليف الشرع، فإن العاقبة له

  Let the servant seek assistance from his Lord, ask Him for guidance, and be patient with the duties of the law, for the outcome is in his favor.

  تَكَالِيفِ — the duties of. A plural noun, 'the burdens of', in the genitive after the preposition, and it heads an 'of' pairing with the next word. The two nouns sit directly together with no separate 'of'.

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