كَفَىsufficient

Example sentences

• كفى بك عزّا أَنَّك لَهُ عبد،

  Sufficient for you as honor that you are His servant,

  كَفَى — sufficient. kafa = 'it suffices, is enough', past-tense 'he/it' form.

  From: Seeds and Streams of Deeds →

• وكفى بك فخرا أَنه لَك رب

  And sufficient for you as pride that He is your Lord.

  وَكَفَى — and sufficient. wa- = 'and'; kafa = 'it suffices, is enough', past-tense 'he/it' form.

  From: Seeds and Streams of Deeds →

• وَكَفَى بِهَذِهِ الأَوْصَافِ فَضِيلَةً

  And these descriptions are enough to show its virtue.

  وَكَفَى — and it suffices. 'wa-' = 'and'; past-tense verb, subject built in.

  From: Intellect and Faith →

• وَكَفَى بِهَذَا الْقَدْرِ مَدْحًا لِلْعَقْلِ وَذَمًّا لِلْهَوَى

  This alone is sufficient to praise reason and criticize desire.

  وَكَفَى — and sufficient. A past-tense verb 'it suffices', subject built in; what follows in a bi- phrase is what is being called enough. Arabic says 'X is enough' with this verb plus a bi- tag, not with an adjective.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• أجل فكرك في أركانك وتدبر بناء بنانك ويكفي في العبر نطق لسانك كلما تلوى،

  Reflect on your own limbs and consider the construction of your fingertips; it is enough as a lesson that your tongue speaks whenever it turns.

  وَيَكْفِي — and it suffices. The attached connector starts a new statement, and the verb is present-tense with a built-in 'it' subject, meaning 'and it suffices'. The ongoing form presents the sufficiency as a standing truth, with its real subject named later in the clause.

  From: All Creation Praises Him →

• ولا قوة إلا بالله فاقرأ كتابك كفى بنفسك عليك حسيبا ،

  And there is no power except with God, so read your book; sufficient are you as a reckoner against yourself,

  كَفَى — sufficient. This is a past-tense verb, 'it suffices, it is enough', used here in a fixed 'enough is...' construction. It pairs with a following bi- phrase that supplies its real subject, a quirk where 'enough' takes its subject through the preposition rather than directly.

  From: True Devotion →