عَقْلِreason

Example sentences

• وَبَاعِثُ الْعَقْلِ وَالدِّينِ يَمْنَعُ مِنْهُ

  And the prompting of reason and religion prevents him from it.

  العقل — the reason. A definite noun ('reason') owned by the 'prompting' before it, closing that 'of' pairing as 'the prompting of reason'. As the owner term it takes the genitive ending. The al- supplies 'the' without a separate word.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →

• وَلِهَذَا أَجَابَ مُعَاوِنُ الشَّرْعِ بِالْتَغْرِيبِ وَالْتَرْهِيبِ يَقْوَى جُنْدُ الْعَقْلِ

  For this reason an assistant of the Shari'a replied: By alienation and intimidation the forces of reason become stronger.

  الْعَقْلِ — of reason. The owning half of 'the forces OF reason', made definite by al- and in the genitive as the possessor. Placed directly after the head-noun with no word for 'of', it both completes the phrase and makes the whole subject definite.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →

• أَمْزَحُ فِيهِ مَزْحَ أَهْلِ الْفَضْلِ وَالْمُزْحُ أَحْيَانًا جَلَاءُ الْعَقْلِ

  I joke in it as people of merit do, and jesting sometimes clears the mind.

  الْعَقْلِ — the mind. The al- makes this definite, 'the' mind, and it closes the 'clearing of...' pairing as its owner. Sitting in the owned-by slot, it carries the genitive 'of' ending, locking the two words into 'the clearing of the mind'.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →