وَقْفstop

Example sentences

• وَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَالِبُ مِنْ مُوَافِقِ الْهَوَى أَنَّهُ لَا يَقِفُ مِنْهُ عَلَى حَدِّ الْمُنْتَفِعِ

  And since the common case when following desire is that it does not stop at the limit of benefit,

  يَقِفُ — it stops. Present-tense verb, subject 'it' built in.

  From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →

• وإن تعانى سرقة الأجزاء ، أو كشط الأوقاف ، فهذا لص بسمت محدث ،

  And if he engages in stealing parts or scraping endowments, then he is a thief in the guise of a narrator,

  الأَوْقَافِ — the endowments. The al- marks this definite, 'the endowments', and it sits in the possessed ending because 'scraping' before it owns it: 'scraping of the endowments'. The owned half takes this ending to name what is scraped away.

  From: True Devotion →