بِرٍّrighteousness

Example sentences

• وَأَنْكَرَ الشَّيْخُ وَصِدْقِ وَبِرٍّ،

  The sheikh denied it, and he was truthful and pious.

  وَبِرٍّ — and piety. This joins a linking 'and' to a noun 'piety/righteousness', coordinated with 'truthfulness' as a parallel quality of the sheikh. The 'and' yokes the two virtues together, both in the same descriptive role.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →

• وَإِنْ الرَّجُلَيْنِ لَا يَسْتَوِيَانِ فِي أَعْمَالِ الْبِرِّ

  And indeed, the two men are not equal in deeds of righteousness,

  الْبِرِّ — righteousness. This is the possessed half of 'deeds of righteousness', so it takes the (genitive) and its al- supplies the definiteness for the whole pairing. The two nouns side by side build 'deeds of righteousness' with no separate 'of'. It specifies what kind of deeds are meant.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →