قُوَّةِstrength

Example sentences

• وَتَرَكَ البَعْضُ الآخَرُ الْكِتَابَةَ لِدِقَّةِ تَثَبُّتِهِ وَقُوَّةِ حِفْظِهِ

  Others abandoned writing because what they retained was precise and their memory was strong.

  وَقُوَّةِ — and the strength of. 'Wa-' adds a second reason parallel to the first. The core is a noun 'strength', also governed by the causal 'because of' so it stands in the genitive, and it heads an 'of' pairing with 'memory' next: 'the strength of his memory'.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →

• فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ تُقَاوِمُ قُوَّتُهُ دَاءَهُ فَتَقْهَرُهُ وَيَكُونُ السُّلْطَانُ لِلْقُوَّةِ

  Among people are those whose strength resists their disease; it overcomes the illness, and power belongs to strength.

  لِلْقُوَّةِ — for the strength. The preposition 'li-' (belongs to / for) on a definite noun, which forces the genitive. Here 'li-' assigns possession: the mastery belongs to strength, the standard Arabic way of saying 'X has Y' by putting the owner after 'li-'.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →