فَانٍperishable

Example sentences

• وذكر كذلك الذين اتخذوا العلم وسيلة وغرضا لتحصيل ملذات الدنيا وحطامها الفاني،

  He also mentioned those who took knowledge as a means and a goal to acquire the pleasures of the fleeting world and its perishable goods.

  الْفَانِي — the perishable. An adjective describing the goods as fading and passing. In Arabic an adjective trails its noun and copies that noun's definiteness, so its 'the' simply echoes the noun it modifies rather than standing alone.

  From: Knowledge and Humility →