كُتَّابَةscribes

Example sentences

• وفاسق الكتبة إليه المنتهى في السرق وعاقبة أمرهم وبيلة من الضرب والمصادرة والفقر

  And the dissolute scribes reach the pinnacle of theft, and their final outcome is disaster with beatings, confiscation, and poverty.

  الْكُتَّابَةِ — the scribes. This completes 'the corrupt of the scribes', in the genitive as owner — the clerk/secretary class. The owner-noun closes the possessive begun by 'the corrupt one'. It pins the profligate to that profession.

  From: Intention in Islam →