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لَذَّةٌ pleasure in Arabic

لَذَّةٌ is how you say “pleasure” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

اعْلَمْ أَنَّ مُطْلَقَ الْهَوَى يَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّذَّةِ الْحَاضِرَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ فِكْرٍ فِي عَاقِبَةٍ

Know that unchecked desire calls towards immediate pleasure without considering the consequences.

اللَّذَّةِ pleasure

Governed by the 'toward' before it, so it takes the genitive ending; it then opens onto the adjective that follows, which is required to match it.

From The Discipline of Foresight

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وَلَوْ زَالَ رَيْنُ الْهَوَى عَنْ بَصَرِ بَصِيرَتِهِ لَرَأَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ شَقِيَ مِنْ حَيْثُ قَدَّرَ السَّعَادَةَ وَاغْتَمَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ ظَنَّ الْفَرَحَ وَأَلِمَ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَرَادَ اللَّذَّةَ

If the veil of desire were lifted from the eyes of his insight, he would see that he is miserable where he thought he was happy, grieved where he thought he was joyous, and in pain where he sought pleasure.

اللَّذَّةَ pleasure

Object of 'desired', so accusative; the 'the' makes it pleasure as such.

From The Discipline of Foresight

وَإِن حفظته مَعَ إصْلَاح الْوَقْتَيْنِ اللَّذين قبله وَبعده بِمَا ذكرت نجوت وفزت بالراحة واللذة وَالنَّعِيم

And if you preserve it, along with correcting the periods before and after as I mentioned, you succeed and attain comfort, pleasure, and bliss.

وَاللَّذَّةِ and pleasure

A second prize joined by 'and', still under the 'win' preposition though it is not repeated, hence the genitive. One 'bi-' governs the whole list of what is gained.

From Repentance and Resolve

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