لِكَيْso that

Example sentences

• فَتَعَيَّنَ عَلَيْنَا الْفَحْصُ عَنِ الْكَبَائِرِ مَا هِيَ لِكَيْ يَجْتَنِبَهَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ

  Therefore, it is necessary for us to investigate which are the major sins so that Muslims can avoid them.

  لِكَيْ — so that. A purpose particle, 'so that', that does grammatical work: it pulls the verb after it into a special 'aim' shape, marking what follows as the intended goal rather than a fact.

  From: What Small Worship Erases →

• وَقَوله الْحَدِيد لكيلا تأسوا على مَا فاتكم وَلَا تفرحوا بِمَا آتَاكُم

  And His saying in Al-Hadid: 'So that you do not despair over what has passed you by, nor rejoice over what He has given you.'

  لِكَيْلَا — so that you do not. A compound made of 'for/to' plus a negative purpose particle, giving 'so that... not'. It opens a purpose clause and forces the verb after it into the subjunctive shape, marking the goal aimed at.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →

• خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ أَحْمَقَ لِكَيْ يَنْتَفِعَ بِالْعَيْشِ

  He created the person foolish so that he might benefit from life.

  لِكَيْ — so that. This is a purpose particle, 'so that/in order that', and its grammatical job is to push the following verb into the subjunctive, marking it as the AIM. It works like English 'so that he may'. So besides linking the clauses, it re-moods the verb after it.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →