حَلْقslitting the throat in Arabic

Example sentences

• فِي عَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا كَالْجَلْدَ وَالرِّجَامَ وَالْحَلْقَ

  In the immediate worldly life, such as flogging, stoning, and slitting the throat.

  وَالْحَلْقَ — and slitting the throat. The wa- coordinates this as a third item in the example list, sharing the (genitive) governed by 'such as'. Its al- makes it definite. It adds a further sample of the worldly punishments named.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →