مَرْعَىpasture

Example sentences

• فالنفس كالدابة، إن أحسنت عِلفها ومَشْيها وصلت بك إلى المرعى، وإن أطلقت لها العِنان أوردتك مورد الهلكة

  For the soul is like a beast; if you nurture and guide it well, it will lead you to pasture, but if you give it free rein, it will bring you to destruction.

  المَرْعَى — pasture. 'al-' = 'the'; 'mar'a' = 'pasture, grazing land', so 'the pasture'.

  From: Small Daily Habits →

• ولا تكن كالبهيمة التي لا همَّ لها إلا مرعاها،

  and do not be like the beast whose only concern is its pasture,

  مَرْعَاهَا — its pasture. This is the thing excepted, the beast's only concern, with -ha meaning 'its'. The noun and its 'its' form an 'of' link, 'its pasture', the sole thing left standing after the 'nothing except' frame.

  From: Think Before You Act →