ابْتِغَاءَseeking

Example sentences

• اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ اِبْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ

  O Allah, if I did that seeking Your pleasure.

  ابْتِغَاءَ — seeking. A verb-derived noun naming the act of seeking, taking the object-style ending to state the motive 'for the sake of'. It heads a 'seeking of' pairing with the next noun, owning it, so together they name the aim behind the deed.

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• اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ

  O Allah, so if I did that seeking Your pleasure.

  ابْتِغَاءَ — seeking. A verbal noun, an act recast as a noun, with an ending marking purpose, 'for the sake of seeking'. It heads a possessive pairing with the next word to say why the deed was done, the noun-of-purpose Arabic uses where English would say 'seeking'.

  From: Trapped and Delivered →