مَرَادpurpose

Example sentences

• ما جرى على آدم هو المراد من وجوده

  What happened to Adam was the purpose of his existence.

  المَرَادُ — the purpose. al- = 'the'; murad means 'what is intended, the purpose'; the '-u' ending marks it as the predicate ('was the purpose').

  From: Adam's Descent →

• فَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ إِخْلَاصِ النِّيَّةِ فِي الْعَمَلِ وَمُوَافَقَتِهَا لِمَرَادِ الشَّارِعِ

  Sincerity of intention in action is necessary, and it must conform to the Lawgiver's intent.

  لِمَرَادِ — for the intent. The relator 'li-' here marks the target or standard that something must match: conformity is owed 'to' this aim. It puts the following noun in the genitive and frames the Lawgiver's intent as the benchmark the intention must line up with.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →