الإِقْدَامِtaking action

Example sentences

• قُلْتُ وَالنَّفْسُ فِيهَا قُوَّتَانِ قُوَّةُ الإِقْدَامِ وَقُوَّةُ الإِحْجَامِ

  I said, and the soul, in it are two powers: the power of taking action and the power of refraining.

  الإِقْدَامِ — taking action. An action-noun ('taking action') as the owner half of the chain ('power of taking action'), in the genitive. It names the first of the two powers the dual referred to.

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