Arabic vocabulary
معاصيsins in Arabic
معاصي is how you say “sins” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فكذلك العاقل يمتنع عن لذات المعاصي خوفًا من عذاب الآخرة، ويصبر على مرارة الطاعة رجاء لثواب الله تعالى
Similarly, the wise person refrains from the pleasures of sins fearing the torment of the Hereafter, and bears the bitterness of obedience hoping for the reward of Allah Almighty.
الْمَعَاصِي — sins. The owning noun closing the 'pleasures of sins' pair. Its 'the' makes the phrase definite, naming acts of disobedience as what those pleasures belong to.
From: Paradise Over Pleasure →
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