مَنْزِلَةٌstatus

Example sentences

• وَأَنْزِلْهَا مَنْزِلَةَ مَنْ لَا حَاجَةَ لَهُ فِيهَا وَلا بُدَّ لَهُ مِنْهَا

  Place it in the position of one who has no desire for it yet cannot do without it.

  مَنْزِلَةَ — the status. 'manzila' = 'position, rank'. Object of 'place', and the first half of an 'of' phrase: 'the position of...'.

  From: Faith as Light →

• فهي بمنزلة الرائحة التي يشمها مَنْ جَالَس حامل المسك،

  it is like the fragrance that is sensed by those who sit with the musk carrier,

  بِمَنْزِلَةِ — like. 'Bi-' fused with 'rank / standing', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'at the level of', i.e. 'like'; it governs the genitive. The phrase is a set way of saying 'equivalent to'.

  From: The Meaning of Fasting →

• بل يتركهم هملًا بمنزلة الأنعام السائمة

  Rather, leaving them to wander like grazing cattle.

  بِمَنْزِلَةِ — like. The preposition 'bi-' fuses with a noun meaning standing or rank to build a set phrase that means 'in the position of', i.e. like. The two nouns after it link in a possessive chain, so the comparison is constructed grammatically rather than with a simple word for 'like'.

  From: False Prophets →