أَصْلٌprinciple

Example sentences

• فكلُّ ما حفِظَ هذه الأصولَ فهو مصلحةٌ،

  Anything that preserves these principles is a benefit.

  الأُصُولَ — principles. A broken plural, 'the principles / roots,' in the -a form as object of 'preserves.' It names what is guarded — the five foundations. Whatever guards them is a benefit, as the predicate says.

  From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →

• وقال إبليس هذا طين وأصل الطين خسيس،

  And Iblis said, "This is clay, and the essence of clay is lowly."

  أَصْلُ — the essence of. This noun is the topic of the next claim, in the plain subject ending, and it is also the first half of a possessive pair. As the leading noun it leans on the next word to say essence of what.

  From: Adam and the Rebel →

• وَالْعِبَادَةُ أَصْلٌ مَعْنَاهَا الذُلُّ أَيْضًا

  And worship, in its original sense, also means humility.

  أَصْلٌ — origin. A noun 'origin/root' serving as the predicate, in the subject (nominative) form, saying that worship is at root something. It sets up the explanation that the next phrase, with its possessive, makes precise.

  From: Faith and Worship →