قِيَامstanding

Example sentences

• ثم ينفخ فيه أخرى فإذا هم قيام ينظرون ،

  Then it will be blown into again, and suddenly, they will be standing, looking,

  قِيَامٌ — standing. This is the predicate — 'standing', a broken plural ('upright ones'). It describes the suddenly-risen people on their feet. Nominative, it completes 'and lo, they [are] standing'.

  From: The Return of Jesus →

• رُبَّ صَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صَوْمِهِ إِلَّا الْجُوعُ وَالْعَطَشُ، وَرُبَّ قَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ إِلَّا السَّهَرُ

  'Perhaps a fasting person gains nothing from his fast except hunger and thirst, and perhaps one who prays gains nothing from his prayer except sleeplessness.'

  قِيَامِهِ — his prayer. A noun, 'his standing in prayer', with 'his' attached as possessor. The suffix marks the prayer as the worshipper's own, the act yielding nothing but sleeplessness.

  From: Empty Fasting, Empty Prayer →

• إذ لا يتمكن من حسن تصرفه والقيام بطاعة ربه إلا بوجودها

  As one cannot conduct oneself well and perform God's obedience without it.

  وَالْقِيَامِ — and the performing. A fused 'and' plus a noun with 'the', 'and the carrying out', the head of an 'X of Y' chain, 'the carrying out of obedience'. It owns the noun that follows and is in the (genitive) form, joined to the earlier capability.

  From: Health as a Blessing →