أَجْرَreward

Example sentences

• وحقها صنعة وإتقان وتحرير مما لا أجر فيه ولا وزر،

  And its truth is skill and perfection without reward or punishment.

  أَجْرَ — reward. This noun sits bare in the accusative because the category-denying 'no' before it demands that shape — 'no reward at all'. The stripped ending (no nunation, no 'the') is the signature of this 'none-whatsoever' construction. It denies any recompense in such skills.

  From: Intention in Islam →

• وَقَالَ يُوسُفُ ﵇ ﴿إِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ﴾

  And Joseph said, "Indeed, whoever is God-conscious and patient, then indeed God will not let the reward of the doers of good be lost."

  اجر — reward. A noun 'reward' that is the first half of an 'of' possessive pair, the thing God will not waste, and it waits for its owner-noun to complete 'reward of …'. The pairing is built by bare adjacency with no word for 'of'.

  From: Patience Under Decree →