فَقْرpoverty

Example sentences

• وفاسق الكتبة إليه المنتهى في السرق وعاقبة أمرهم وبيلة من الضرب والمصادرة والفقر

  And the dissolute scribes reach the pinnacle of theft, and their final outcome is disaster with beatings, confiscation, and poverty.

  وَالْفَقْرِ — and poverty. Another 'wa-'-joined item in the same genitive run — 'poverty'. It closes the list of disasters awaiting the corrupt scribe: beatings, confiscation, and want. Its ending matches its fellows.

  From: Intention in Islam →

• وَقِيلَ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمْ الْفَقْرَ

  And it was said concerning the words of God, Exalted and Majestic: Satan promises you poverty.

  الْفَقْرَ — poverty. The noun 'poverty', made definite by al- ('the'), here what Satan promises, so it is the direct object of the verb and takes the object (accusative) ending. It names the threat held out to frighten people away from giving.

  From: Charity and Stinginess →