لَذَّةٌpleasure in Arabic

Example sentences

• الْأَصْنَام لذات الدُّنْيَا كسوداء

  The idols are the pleasures of this world, like a dark-skinned woman.

  لَذَّاتِ — pleasures of. A sound feminine plural 'pleasures', the middle link of the 'of' chain — owned by 'idols', and itself owning 'the world' — genitive ('-i'). The idols here are the world's delights.

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