نَافِلَةٌsupererogatory

Example sentences

• وعن الحسن قال إن هذه القلوب تحيى وتموت فإذا حييت فاحملوها على النافلة، وإذا ماتت فاحملوها على الفريضة

  Al-Hasan said, 'Indeed, these hearts live and die. When they are alive, push them toward extra acts of worship; and when they die, push them toward the obligatory acts.'

  النَّافِلَةِ — supererogatory acts. Definite by al' and genitive by the preposition before it; it names the voluntary acts the hearts are urged toward.

  From: Reviving the Heart →