نَفْسَ self in Arabic
نَفْسَ is how you say “self” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
لا تُخاصِم نفسك بالضجيج، بل قُدها بالرفق الحازم
Do not contend with yourself with noise, but guide it with firm gentleness.
نَفْسَكَ your soul
'nafs' = 'self'; '-ka' = 'your', so 'your self'.
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More example sentences
فإذا هو قد أهلك نفسه
and so he has destroyed himself.
نَفْسَهُ his self
This is the object of 'destroyed', and the -hu on its end means 'his', so 'his self', him. Because the doer and the one destroyed are the same person, this works reflexively, like English 'himself'; the noun stands in the object case.
وَقَالَ تَعَالَى وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ
And the Exalted said: And those who do not call upon any other god with Allah, and do not take the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause, and do not commit adultery.
النَّفْسَ the life
A noun with al- 'the', definite, 'the life/soul', the object of 'kill' in the accusative (object) form. Its definite al- and position after the verb mark it as the specific thing acted upon. It is then further specified by the relative clause 'which God forbade'.