الْقُلُوبُthe hearts

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ يُهَانُ الشَّيْخُ فِي كِبْرِهِ حَتَّى تَرْحَمُهُ الْقُلُوبُ،

  An old man may be humiliated in his old age until people's hearts have mercy on him.

  الْقُلُوبُ — the hearts. A definite plural noun acting as the subject of the verb just before it, so it carries the plain subject ending. 'The hearts' stand in for people's feelings, a part used for the whole. Placed after its verb in normal Arabic order, it is what does the pitying.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →

• طَارَتْ لِهَا الْقُلُوبُ اِشْتِيَاقًا،

  The hearts soared with longing for it.

  الْقُلُوبُ — the hearts. A plural noun made definite by al- 'the'. It is the doer of the verb before it, the subject, and its nominative ending is the quiet signal marking it as the one performing the action rather than receiving it.

  From: Public Preaching →