عَقْلٌ reason in Arabic
عَقْلٌ is how you say “reason” in Arabic.
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ذِكْرُ فَضِيلَةِ الْعَقْلِ مِنْ جِهَةِ الاسْتِنْبَاطِ
The mention of the virtue of reason from the perspective of inference.
العَقْلِ reason
'al-' = 'the'; the 'of' word — 'of reason'; genitive.
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وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُ ثَمْرَةَ الْعَقْلِ وَفَائِدَتَهُ
And I have come to know the outcome and benefit of reason.
العَقْلِ of reason
'al-' = 'the'; the 'of' word — 'of reason'; genitive.
تُبنى الأحكامُ على حفظِ خمسةٍ تُعَدُّ أُسَّ النظام الدِّينِ، والنَّفسِ، والعقلِ، والنَّسلِ، والمالِ
Judgments are based on the preservation of five essential values: religion, life, intellect, lineage, and wealth.
والعَقْلِ and the intellect
'and the intellect / mind,' the third essential, joined by 'and.' Protecting reason itself ranks among the five — hence, for instance, bans on what clouds the mind.
إذ المقاصدُ ميزانٌ يعيدُ ترتيبَ الأولوياتِ ويَجمعُ بين نصٍّ مُحكَمٍ وعقلٍ راشدٍ وواقعٍ مُتغيِّر
For the objectives are a scale that reorders priorities and integrates clear text, sound intellect, and changing reality.
وَعَقْلٍ and intellect
'and an intellect / reason,' the second of the three, joined by 'and,' in the -i form. Qualified by 'sound' next — the objectives marry sound reason to clear text.
حين تسكتُ قليلًا، تسمعُ بوضوحٍ ما يقوله عقلك وما يخفيه قلبك
When you are silent for a while, you clearly hear what your mind says and what your heart hides.
عَقْلُكَ your mind
'your mind / reason,' the subject of 'says' (the -u), with 'your' attached. Held back after its verb; it is the speaker whose words you hear in the silence — paired against 'your heart' in the next clause.
وبنوه على العقل والمنطق
and built upon reason and logic.
العَقْلِ reason
Genitive after 'upon', this names the first foundation: the intellect / reason. It is what the later theologians built their system on, in contrast to the predecessors' scripture-based creed. Its ending follows from the preposition.
ويمر في أغراضه لولا أن العقل حجوز،
And he pursues his desires, were it not that reason restrains him.
العَقْلَ the reason
This noun is in the accusative because the emphasis particle 'that' before it forces that ending on its subject. The 'the' makes it the known faculty of reason, set up as the restraining force in the counterfactual, so its case is dictated by the particle, not its role as a plain subject.
فأنماث بالجسد عقله كإيماث الرميس،
His intellect dissolved in the body, like the melting of a carcass.
عَقْلُهُ his intellect
Placed after its verb, this noun is the real subject of the dissolving and stands in the plain subject ending, with 'his' fused to its end pointing back to the boaster. So it reads 'his intellect', named after the verb in normal Arabic order.