الطَّبْعِof nature

Example sentences

• فَلَوْ تَوَقَّفَتْ بِهِمْ رُكَبُ الطَّبْعِ، لَضَجُّوا،

  If the course of nature were to pause for them, they would cry out.

  الطَّبْعِ — of nature. This noun wears 'the' and is the owned-of term: 'the course of nature'. It sits in the genitive the pairing requires, naming whose course is meant.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →

• جَوَاذِبُ الطَّبْعِ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا كَثِيرَةٌ، ثُمَّ هِيَ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ،

  There are many natural attractions to the world; they come from within.

  الطَّبْعِ — of disposition. The second half of an 'of' pairing: 'attractions OF disposition'. Arabic builds 'X of Y' by simply setting the two nouns side by side with no separate word for 'of', and the owner-noun takes the genitive ending you see here. This word is what makes the whole phrase definite.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →