عبدservant

Example sentences

• وَالْعَبْدُ مَأْمُورٌ بِمُلازَمَةِ الأَدَبِ

  And the servant is commanded to adhere to proper manners.

  وَالْعَبْدُ — And the servant. 'wa-' = 'and'; 'al-' = 'the'; 'abd' = 'servant, slave', so 'and the servant'.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →

• وَالْعَبْدُ مُجْتَهِدٌ فِي رَدِّهَا

  And the servant strives to restrain it.

  وَالْعَبْدُ — And the servant. 'wa-' = 'and'; 'al-' = 'the'; 'abd' = 'servant', so 'and the servant'.

  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.

  الْعَبْدِ — of the servant. 'al-' = 'the'; 'abd' = 'servant'; the 'of' word, so 'of the servant'.

  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.

  الْعَبْدِ — of the servant. 'al-' = 'the'; 'abd' = 'servant'; the 'of' word.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →

• خُلاصةُ الطريق أصلان أن تُعبَدَ اللهُ وحده، وأن تُعبَدَه بما شَرَع

  The essence of the path is two principles: that you worship Allah alone, and that you worship Him with what He has prescribed.

  تُعْبَدَ — you worship. The -a ending is the subjunctive, triggered by 'an' just before — together 'that [He] be worshipped'. The form is the passive shape, casting worship as something rendered to God rather than an act you merely perform.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

• خُلاصةُ الطريق أصلان أن تُعبَدَ اللهُ وحده، وأن تُعبَدَه بما شَرَع

  The essence of the path is two principles: that you worship Allah alone, and that you worship Him with what He has prescribed.

  تَعْبُدَهُ — you worship Him. Subjunctive after 'an' (the -a), with 'Him' attached as object — 'that you worship Him'. The subject 'you' sits inside the verb and the object rides on its end: three pieces in one word.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

• وغايته أن يظفر في الأحايين منه بخَطْفَةٍ ونَهْبَةٍ تحصل له على غِرَّةٍ من العبد وغفلةٍ لابد له منها؛

  At most, he might occasionally manage a snatch or grab from him when the servant is caught off guard in an unavoidable moment of heedlessness;

  الْعَبْدِ — the servant. In the genitive after 'from', definite. The one whose guard slips.

  From: Repelling the Devil →

• إذا علم العبد أن كل ما يجري في الكون بقضاء الله وقدره،

  When a servant knows that everything that occurs in the universe is by the decree of God and His destiny,

  العَبْدُ — a servant. The one who knows, named after the verb as Arabic prefers. It takes the subject ending and stays definite with 'the', standing for the believer in general.

  From: Trusting God's Decree →