أَنَفَresent in Arabic

Example sentences

• فإن النفس أمارة بالسوء، تميل إلى الشهوات، وتأنف من التكاليف، وتفر من المشاق

  For the self is inclined to evil, leans towards desires, resents obligations, and flees from hardships.

  وَتَأْنَفُ — and resents. The wa- continues the list of the self's traits, and the verb means 'it disdains', with 'it' built in. It carries on the string of present-tense descriptions of the self's bent.

  From: Struggling Against the Self →