خَاتَمseal

Example sentences

• وفى رواية فلما قعدت بين رجليها، قالت اتق الله ولا تفض الخاتم إلا بحقه، فانصرفت عنها وهى أحب الناس إلى وتركت الذهب الذى أعطيتها،

  In another version: 'When I sat between her legs, she said: Fear Allah and do not break the seal except with its due right. So I refrained from her though she was the most beloved to me, and I left the gold that I had given her.'

  الْخَاتَمَ — the seal. This noun is the direct object of 'break', so it takes the accusative ending; the al- makes it definite. It names the seal she forbids him to break, standing as a figure for her chastity.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →