نفسself

Example sentences

• وَلَيْسَ بِشَاغِلٍ يَشْغَلُكَ عَنِ اللَّهِ كَنَفْسِكَ الَّتِي هِيَ بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْكَ

  And nothing can distract you from Allah like your own self between your sides.

  نَفْسِكَ — your own self. 'nafs' = 'self'; '-ka' = 'your', so 'your self'. Follows 'ka-', so it takes the 'of' ending.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →

• النَّفْسُ مَجْبُولَةٌ عَلَى سُوءِ الأَدَبِ

  The self is inherently inclined towards poor manners.

  النَّفْسُ — The self. 'al-' = 'the'; 'nafs' = 'self'. Subject of the sentence.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →

• فَالنَّفْسُ تَجْرِي بِطَبْعِهَا فِي مَيْدَانِ الْمُخَالَفَةِ

  Thus, the self naturally operates in the field of opposition.

  فَالنَّفْسُ — Thus, the self. 'fa-' = 'so, thus'; 'al-' = 'the'; 'nafs' = 'self', so 'so the self'.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →

• أَوَّلُ وِصَالِ الْعَبْدِ لِلْحَقِّ هُجْرَانُهُ لِنَفْسِهِ

  The first connection of the servant to the Truth is his abandonment of his self.

  لِنَفْسِهِ — of his self. 'li-' = 'of, for'; 'nafs' = 'self'; '-hi' = 'his', so 'of his self'.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →

• وَأَوَّلُ هُجْرَانِ الْعَبْدِ لِلْحَقِّ مُوَاصَلَتُهُ لِنَفْسِهِ

  And the first abandonment of the Truth by the servant is his connection to his self.

  لِنَفْسِهِ — to his self. 'li-' = 'to, for'; 'nafs' = 'self'; '-hi' = 'his', so 'to his self'.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →

• لِأَنَّهُ يَبْعُدُ أَنْ يُفْهَمَ الْمَقْصُودُ مِنْ وَضْعِ الْهَوَى فِي النَّفْسِ

  Because it is rare for someone to understand the purpose of placing desire in the soul.

  النَّفْسِ — the soul. 'al-' = 'the'; genitive after 'fi'.

  From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →

• قد أحرزه لنفسه واستوطنه،

  which he has taken for himself and inhabited,

  لِنَفْسِهِ — for himself. 'Li-' (for) fused with 'self' plus '-hi' (his) — 'for his own self', genitive after 'li-'. It marks the gain as kept for Satan himself.

  From: Repelling the Devil →

• احذر نَفسك

  Beware of your soul.

  نَفْسَكَ — your soul. 'Self / soul' with '-ka' (your) attached, the direct object of 'beware', accusative ('-a'). What you are told to guard against — your own self.

  From: Guarding the Heart →

• وَقدمُوا لانفسهم الْجنَّة ترْضى مِنْك بأَدَاء الْفَرَائِض

  And they put forward paradise for themselves. It is pleased with you through fulfilling the obligations.

  لِأَنْفُسِهِمُ — for themselves. 'Li-' (for) fused with a plural 'selves' plus '-him' (their) attached, genitive — 'for their own selves'. The 'li-' marks the beneficiary; the suffix is reflexive (their own benefit).

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →

• وَأَضَافَهُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ بِلَفْظِ الْكَلَامِ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﴿حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ﴾،

  and attributed it to His Own speech in His saying: 'Until he hears the words of Allah',

  نَفْسِهِ — His Own. This noun names self or essence, with an attached possessive pronoun, 'His own self', governed by the preposition before it. The owner pronoun points to God; the phrase marks the speech as ascribed to God Himself.

  From: The Messenger as Conveyor of Revelation →

• سكنت نفسه واطمأن قلبه

  his soul is at rest and his heart is assured.

  نَفْسُهُ — his soul. The thing that comes to rest, 'his soul', with the owner attached as a suffix. As the doer it takes the subject ending, and the suffix reaches back to the believer described in the earlier sentences.

  From: Trusting God's Decree →