كِفَّة pans in Arabic
كِفَّة is how you say “pans” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
تخيّل ميزانًا واضح اللسان والكفتين؛ لا يظلم مثقال ذرّة
Imagine a balance with a clear tongue and two pans; it does not wrong the weight of an atom.
وَالْكِفَّتَيْنِ and two pans
'and the two pans' — joined by 'wa', this is the DUAL ('exactly two pans') in the genitive (the -ayn ending). The two scale-pans, paired by their very form.
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إن غلب نور عمله الصالح ثَقُلَت كفّته، فيُعرف مكانه في الجنّة بعمله كما يعرف أهل الجمعة منازلهم عند الانصراف
If the light of his righteous deeds prevails, his balance becomes heavy, and his place in paradise is known by his deeds, just as those who attend Friday prayers know their homes upon leaving.
كَفَّتُهُ his balance
'his pan' — 'kaffa' (scale-pan) with 'his' attached, nominative as the doer of 'grew heavy'. The good-deeds pan sinks low.
تُوضَع بطاقةٌ فيها كلمة التوحيد في كفّة، وتُقابِلها سجلاّتٌ من الذنوب في الكفّة الأخرى، فتغلب البطاقةُ بما فيها من حقٍّ خالص
A card with the word of monotheism is placed on one side, and records of sins on the other side; the card outweighs them with its pure truth.
كَفَّةٍ side
Genitive after 'fi', indefinite — 'a pan' of the scale.
تُوضَع بطاقةٌ فيها كلمة التوحيد في كفّة، وتُقابِلها سجلاّتٌ من الذنوب في الكفّة الأخرى، فتغلب البطاقةُ بما فيها من حقٍّ خالص
A card with the word of monotheism is placed on one side, and records of sins on the other side; the card outweighs them with its pure truth.
الْكَفَّةِ the side
Genitive after 'fi' — 'the pan', now definite (the second one).
وصدقةٌ رياءً تفقد وزنها قبل أن تمسّ الكفّة
and charity with hypocrisy loses its weight before it even touches the scale.
الْكِفَّةَ the scale
'the pan', accusative object of 'touch' — the charity loses its weight before even reaching the scale.
فاجعل في كفّتك ما يثبت أمام الحقّ، لا ما يطير مع أول نفخة ريح
so place in your scale what stands firm before the truth, not what flies away with the first gust of wind.
كِفَّتِكَ your scale
'your pan' — 'kiffa' plus 'your', genitive after 'fi'.