عَاقِلًاrational

Example sentences

• لِأَنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا عَاقِلًا ذَا بَصِيرَةٍ فَهُوَ أَثْقَلُ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ

  For if he is a believing, rational person with insight, he is harder for the devil than the mountains.

  عَاقِلًا — rational. This adjective is coordinated as a second quality in the same predicate, so it shares the accusative ending governed by 'was', 'rational'. It adds soundness of judgement to the supposed faith. Its accusative ties it to the same governing verb.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →