كَفَاءَةِsuitability

Example sentences

• قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كُفِيتَ ذَلِكَ وَدُعِيتَ إِلَى الْجَمَالِ وَالْمَالِ وَالشَرَفِ وَالْكَفَاءَةِ أَلا تُجِيبُ؟

  I said: If that would be enough, and you were asked for beauty, wealth, honor, and suitability, would you not answer?

  وَالْكَفَاءَةِ — and suitability. The connector wa- ('and') fused to a noun made definite by al- ('suitability', here marital match); coordinated with the prior items, it stays in the genitive under the same 'to'. It closes the list of attractions offered.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →