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لذة pleasure in Arabic

لذة is how you say “pleasure” in Arabic.

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من خلق فِيهِ قُوَّة واستعداد لشَيْء كَانَت لذته فِي اسْتِعْمَال تِلْكَ الْقُوَّة فِيهِ

For the one created with strength and readiness for something, their pleasure is in using that strength for it.

لَذَّتُهُ his pleasure

'Pleasure / delight' with '-hu' (his) attached, the subject of 'was', nominative — what gives him joy. The suffix points to that person.

From Directing Desire Toward God

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فلذة من خلقت مِنْهُ قُوَّة واستعداد للجماع اسْتِعْمَال قوته فِيهِ

And the joy of one created with strength and readiness for intercourse is in exercising his strength in it.

فَلَذَّةُ And the joy

'Fa-' (so / and) plus 'pleasure / joy', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the joy of whoever…' — the topic, nominative. It owns the relative that follows.

From Directing Desire Toward God

ولذة من خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْغَضَب وَالثَّوَاب بِاسْتِعْمَال قوته الغضبية فِي متعلقها

And the joy of one created with the power of anger and retribution is in employing their furious strength on its objective.

وَلَذَّةُ And the joy

'And' plus 'pleasure / joy', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the joy of whoever…' — the topic, nominative. It owns the relative that follows.

From Directing Desire Toward God

وَمن خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْأكل وَالشرب فلذته بِاسْتِعْمَال قوته فيهمَا

And those created with the power for eating and drinking experience pleasure by exercising their strength in them.

فَلَذَّتُهُ his pleasure

'Fa-' (then) plus 'pleasure' with '-hu' (his) attached, the topic of the result-clause, nominative — 'then his joy [is]…'. The 'fa-' answers the condition.

From Directing Desire Toward God

وَمن خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْعلم والمعرفة فلذته بِاسْتِعْمَال قوته وصرفها إِلَى الْعلم

And for those created with the power of knowledge and understanding, their pleasure is in using their strength towards knowledge.

فَلَذَّتُهُ so his pleasure

'Fa-' (so) plus 'pleasure' with '-hu' (his) attached, the topic of the result-clause, nominative — 'so his joy [is]…'. The 'fa-' answers the condition.

From Directing Desire Toward God

وَمن خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْحبّ لله والإنابة إِلَيْهِ والعكوف بِالْقَلْبِ عَلَيْهِ والشوق إِلَيْهِ والأنس بِهِ فلذته ونعيمه اسْتِعْمَال هَذِه الْقُوَّة فِي ذَلِك

And for those created with the power of love for Allah, and returning to Him, and devotion to Him with the heart, and longing for Him, and intimacy with Him, their pleasure and bliss is in using this strength for those purposes.

فَلَذَّتُهُ his pleasure

'Fa-' (then) plus 'pleasure' with '-hu' (his) attached, the topic of the result-clause, nominative — 'then his joy [is]…'. The 'fa-' answers the long condition.

From Directing Desire Toward God

وَسَائِر اللَّذَّات دون هَذِه اللَّذَّة مضمحلة فانية

And all pleasures other than this pleasure are fleeting and perishable.

اللَّذَّةِ pleasure

'Pleasure', genitive after 'besides', definite, paired with 'this'. The one delight set apart from the rest.

From Directing Desire Toward God

لا خير في لذة من بعدها النار

There is no good in a pleasure after which comes the Fire.

لَذَّةٍ pleasure

The noun governed by 'in', in that preposition's form, its bare ending marking it indefinite: 'a pleasure'. It is the thing being judged to hold no good.

From Paradise Over Pleasure

كم من لذة حصلها الإنسان في ساعة، فكانت سببًا لشقائه الأبدي

How many a pleasure has a person gained in an hour, which then became a cause of his eternal misery!

لَذَّةٍ pleasure

The noun governed by the partitive 'of', in that form, its bare ending marking it indefinite: a single pleasure standing for the many. It is the thing being marveled at.

From Paradise Over Pleasure

فالعاقل لا ينظر إلى حلاوة اللذة وعذوبتها، ولكن ينظر إلى ما تؤول إليه

So the wise person does not look at the sweetness of the pleasure and its delight, but rather looks at what it leads to.

اللَّذَّةِ the pleasure

The owning noun closing the 'sweetness of the pleasure' pair. Its 'the' makes the phrase definite, naming the pleasure as what that sweetness belongs to.

From Paradise Over Pleasure

فكذلك العاقل يمتنع عن لذات المعاصي خوفًا من عذاب الآخرة، ويصبر على مرارة الطاعة رجاء لثواب الله تعالى

Similarly, the wise person refrains from the pleasures of sins fearing the torment of the Hereafter, and bears the bitterness of obedience hoping for the reward of Allah Almighty.

لَذَّاتِ the pleasures of

This noun opens a possessive pair, 'pleasures of sins', linked straight to its owner with no word for 'of'. Governed by the preceding 'from', it sits in that form.

From Paradise Over Pleasure

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