مُعْرِضٌone who turns away

Example sentences

• أَفَيَظْنُّ الْمُعْرِضُ عَنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّهِ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ أَنْ يَنْجُوَ مِنْ رَبِّهِ بِآرَاءِ الرِّجَالِ؟

  Does the one who turns away from the Book of his Lord and from the practice of His Messenger think that he will be saved from his Lord by the opinions of men?

  الْمُعْرِضُ — the one who turns away. An active participle, 'the one turning away', made definite and used as a noun; it is the subject of 'think'. The participle names this figure as a standing type, the one who has set his face against revelation. It is the person the rhetorical question is aimed at.

  From: Ignoring God's Guidance →