عَقْلًاsense

Example sentences

• وَإِنْ قِيلَ لَكَ إِنَّ أَحْمَقَ خَرَجَ إِلَى بَلَدٍ فَاسْتَفَادَ عَقْلًا فَلَا تُصَدِّقْ

  And if it is said to you that a fool went to a town and gained sense, then do not believe it.

  عُقَلَاءُ — sense. This noun is the thing the fool is claimed to have gained, the content the report turns on. Its plural shape names sense or understanding as the supposed acquisition. It completes the reported clause that the following denial will reject.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →