عَاجِلِthe immediate in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَطُولُ الْأَمَلِ وَإِيثَارُ الْعَاجِلِ عَلَى الْآجِلِ

  Lengthy hopes and preferring the immediate over the later.

  الْعَاجِلِ — the immediate. This definite noun, an adjective used as a standing noun, is the owner in 'preferring of the immediate' and sits in the genitive. It names the near-in-time thing that is favored, and pairs against 'the later' coming up.

  From: Three States of the Heart →