الإِحْجَامِrefraining

Example sentences

• قُلْتُ وَالنَّفْسُ فِيهَا قُوَّتَانِ قُوَّةُ الإِقْدَامِ وَقُوَّةُ الإِحْجَامِ

  I said, and the soul, in it are two powers: the power of taking action and the power of refraining.

  الإِحْجَامِ — refraining. An action-noun ('refraining') as the owner half of the second chain ('power of refraining'), in the genitive. It names the second power, completing the breakdown of the dual.

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