إِزَاءَopposition

Example sentences

• فإن هؤلاء الثلاثة الذين يريدون الرياء والسمعة هم بإزاء الثلاثة الذين بعد النبيين من الصديقين والشهداء والصالحين،

  For these three who seek show and reputation are the counterparts of the three who come after the prophets: the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous.

  بِإِزَاءِ — in opposition to. 'Bi-' fused with a noun meaning 'directly facing / parallel', governing the genitive — the three are 'set opposite' another three. It frames a one-to-one correspondence, each matched against a counterpart.

  From: Deeds for God Alone →