كَارِهreluctant

Example sentences

• وقال ﴿وَلا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلاةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَى وَلا يُنْفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَارِهُونَ﴾

  And He said, 'They do not approach prayer except lazily, and they do not spend except reluctantly.'

  كَارِهُونَ — reluctantly. This is a plural active participle meaning 'unwilling ones', the predicate of the circumstantial clause: while they are reluctant. It names the state in which they spend, agreeing with 'they' in number.

  From: Prayer and Charity →