الْحَرِّthe heat

Example sentences

• فَكَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَصْبِرُ عَلَى مُكَابَدَةِ قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ فِي الْحَرِّ وَالْبَرْدِ

  Many people endure the hardship of standing in prayer at night in heat and cold.

  الْحَرِّ — the heat. A definite noun ('the heat') marked by al- and standing in the genitive as the object of the preposition before it. It is the first of a paired contrast with 'cold' that follows. The al- gives 'the' without a separate word.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →