صَالِح righteous in Arabic

يا آدم، لا تجزع من قولي لك اخرج منها، فلك ولصالح ذريتك خلّفتها

O Adam, do not grieve over My saying to you: 'Get out of it,' for I created it for you and your righteous descendants.

وَلِصَالِحِ and your righteous

wa- = 'and'; li- = 'for'; salih means 'righteous, good' — 'and for the righteous (of…)', heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.

From Adam's Descent

إن غلب نور عمله الصالح ثَقُلَت كفّته، فيُعرف مكانه في الجنّة بعمله كما يعرف أهل الجمعة منازلهم عند الانصراف

If the light of his righteous deeds prevails, his balance becomes heavy, and his place in paradise is known by his deeds, just as those who attend Friday prayers know their homes upon leaving.

الصَّالِحِ righteous

'the righteous', adjective on 'his deed', agreeing as definite (by the attached 'his') and genitive — 'his righteous deed'.

From Small Deeds, Great Reward

فالأصل الصالح لا يزول بزلةٍ ما دام قائمًا

for a righteous origin does not vanish with a single misstep as long as it stands.

الصَّالِحُ righteous

'the sound, righteous', adjective on 'root', nominative.

From When Hidden Deeds Are Shown

هكذا تصير الذاكرةُ مسكنًا صالحًا للسكنى لا مستودعَ فوضى

Thus, memory becomes a dwelling fit to live in, not a warehouse of chaos.

صَالِحًا suitable

An active participle, 'fit / suitable,' an adjective on 'dwelling,' in the -a form to match. The home is FIT — for what, 'for living in,' next. Tended memory is a habitable place, not a tip.

From Retaining the Quran

فمن كانت سريرته صالحة كان عمله صالحًا

So whoever has a righteous inner state, his deed will be righteous.

صَالِحًا righteous

An adjective in the object-style ending as the predicate of the second 'to be' verb, matching the earlier 'righteous' to show the deed mirrors the inner state. The accusative-style ending again marks it as what the deed is said to be.

From Preparing for Judgment Day

وأما عملك فغير صالح، وأما تلاوتك فثقيلة عرية عن الخشية والحزن والخوف

As for your deeds, they are not righteous, and your recitation is heavy, devoid of fear, sorrow, and apprehension.

صَالِحٍ righteous

This noun, righteous, is in the genitive because the preceding negating word 'other-than' owns it in a possessive pairing, 'other than righteous'. So the genitive here is forced by the chain, and the phrase amounts to 'not righteous'.

From When Recitation Breeds Pride

كَمَا قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدًا

As Allah, the Exalted, said: 'So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him do righteous work and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord.'

صَالِحًا righteous

An adjective, 'righteous', describing the object before it. As an adjective it follows its noun and matches it in being indefinite, sharing the same object ending.

From The Hidden Idolatry

فمن كانت سريرته صالحة كان عمله صالحًا فتبدو سريرته على وجهه نورًا وإشراقًا وحياء ومن كانت سريرته

So whoever has a righteous inner state, his actions will be righteous; then his inner state appears on his face as light, radiance, and modesty, and whoever's inner state...

صَالِحًا righteous

The predicate adjective of this second 'was' clause, again pushed into the accusative by the copula 'to be', which is what its ending signals. Its masculine shape agrees with the masculine deed it describes, completing 'his deed was righteous'.

From Creation Points to Resurrection

فقالوا إنه لا ينجيكم من هذه الصخرة إلا أن تدعوا الله بصالح أعمالكم

They said: 'Nothing will save you from this rock except that you call upon Allah by mentioning your righteous deeds.'

بِصَالِحِ with righteous

This is the preposition bi- ('by means of') fused onto a noun it forces into the 'of' (genitive) ending. It marks the instrument of the appeal, calling on God BY way of one's good deeds, and the noun heads a pairing with 'your deeds' that follows.

From Three Men Saved by Sincerity