دفعrepel

Example sentences

• كَمَا أَنَّ الْغَضَبَ دَافِعٌ عَنْهُ مَا يُؤْذِي

  Just as anger repels from him what harms.

  دَافِعٌ — repels. Predicate (nominative) — 'a repeller (of)'.

  From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →

• وَهُوَ مَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى جَلْبِ الْمَصَالِحِ وَدَفْعِ الْمَضَارِّ

  And that is what exceeds bringing benefits and repelling harms.

  وَدَفْعِ — and repelling. 'wa-' = 'and'; first half of an 'of' phrase: 'the repelling of...'; genitive.

  From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →

• وأمثال ذَلِك كَثِيرَة وَذَلِكَ أَنه لَا يجلب مَنْفَعَة وَلَا يدْفع مضرَّة وَلَا فَائِدَة فِيهِ ومالا فَائِدَة فِيهِ لَا يَأْمر الله بِهِ

  And there are many similar examples. That is because it neither brings benefit nor prevents harm, and there is no use in it; and what has no use in it, Allah does not command.

  يَدْفَعُ — it prevents. Present-tense verb, 'it wards off', with 'it' built in, under the running negation, 'nor wards off'. The present form states the general failing.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →