يُكَابِدُstruggle against

Example sentences

• وَأَنَّهُ يُكَابِدُ مِئَةَ جَاهِلٍ

  And that he struggles against a hundred ignorant people.

  يُكَابِدُ — he struggles against. This is a present-tense verb in a Form-III pattern that carries the sense of sustained back-and-forth effort against an opponent, 'contends with'. Its subject 'he' is built in. The pattern itself is what gives the verb its 'struggle against' force.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →

• وَيُكَابِدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْعَاقِلُ فَيَتَصَعَّبُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى لَا يَنَالَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ

  And he struggles with the sensible believer, making it so difficult for him that he obtains nothing of what he seeks.

  وَيُكَابِدُ — and he struggles against. The wa- continues the description, and the verb it prefixes is a present-tense Form-III, carrying the 'sustained struggle against' sense. Its subject 'he' is built in. So it adds a parallel action: the devil also contends with the sensible believer.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →