قُرَابproximity

Example sentences

• يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إنَّك لَوْ أتَيْتنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطَايَا ثُمَّ لَقِيتنِي لَا تُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا لَأَتَيْتُك بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً

  O son of Adam! Were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, not associating anything with Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it.

  بِقُرَابِ — with nearly as great as. The 'bi-' here means 'bringing with you,' and the noun means roughly an 'earth-ful' — a near-filling. It opens an 'of' phrase with the next word: almost as much as the earth itself.

  From: The Vastness of God's Mercy →

• يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إنَّك لَوْ أتَيْتنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطَايَا ثُمَّ لَقِيتنِي لَا تُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا لَأَتَيْتُك بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً

  O son of Adam! Were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, not associating anything with Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it.

  بِقُرَابِهَا — with nearly as great as it. Echoing the earlier measure, this brings forgiveness 'as much as it,' the attached pronoun pointing back to that earth-ful of sins. The reply is shaped to match the supposition word for word: that many sins, that much pardon.

  From: The Vastness of God's Mercy →