زِمَامِrein

Example sentences

• وَالصَّبْرُ لَهَا بِمَنْزِلَةٍ الْخِطَامِ وَالزِّمَامِ لِلْمَطِيَّةِ

  And patience for it is like the bit and the rein for the mount.

  وَالزِّمَامِ — and the rein. wa- coordinates a second item ('and the rein') in the simile, alongside the bit. The conjunction keeps both governed by the same likeness phrase.

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• وَصَرْفُهَا بِزِمَامِهَا عَنْ مَعَاصِيِ اللَّهِ

  And he turned it away with its rein from disobediences of God.

  بِزِمَامِهَا — with its rein. The bi- prefix marks the instrument ('with'), with a feminine 'its' attached as owner of 'rein'. The bi- governs the genitive, so it reads 'with its rein', again pointing back to the soul/mount.

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