امتنعrefrain

Example sentences

• ألم تر إلى المريض كيف يمتنع عن الطعام اللذيذ خوفًا من زيادة المرض، ويشرب الدواء المرّ رجاء للشفاء؟

  Have you not seen how a sick person refrains from delicious food fearing an increase in illness, and drinks bitter medicine hoping for a cure?

  يَمْتَنِعُ — he refrains. A present-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject: he refrains. The present form gives the ongoing picture of what the sick person does.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →

• فكذلك العاقل يمتنع عن لذات المعاصي خوفًا من عذاب الآخرة، ويصبر على مرارة الطاعة رجاء لثواب الله تعالى

  Similarly, the wise person refrains from the pleasures of sins fearing the torment of the Hereafter, and bears the bitterness of obedience hoping for the reward of Allah Almighty.

  يَمْتَنِعُ — he refrains. A present-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject: he refrains. The present form keeps it a general habit of the wise person.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →