مَقَامstatus

Example sentences

• لَكِن مَقْصُود أهل التَّحْقِيق كالجنيد وَنَحْوه أَن يكون هَذَا التَّوْحِيد للْعَبد خلقا ومقاما

  However, what the people of realization, like Al-Junayd and his peers, mean is that this tawhid becomes for the servant a disposition and a station.

  وَمَقَامًا — and a status. Joined by 'and' to the predicate, same accusative — 'and a station', a settled spiritual rank.

  From: Worship God Alone →

• وسكوت هذا الرجل في مثل هذا المقام إِعانة على نفسه وذلك لا يحل،

  And this man's silence in such a situation is aiding his own harm, which is not permissible.

  المَقَامِ — situation. This noun closes the 'the like of this situation' pairing, so it takes the governed ending while staying definite. It names the kind of plight being referred to.

  From: Trust in God →

• لَا يكون تَركهَا مَحْمُودًا فِي حَال وَاحِد وَإِن ارْتقى مقَامه

  Abandoning them is not commendable in any situation, even if one's rank is elevated.

  مَقَامُهُ — one's rank. Noun, 'his rank', with 'his' attached, the subject of the rising verb. The 'his' points back to the person in view; placed after its verb in normal Arabic order, it completes 'even if his rank is elevated'.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →