مَرَادَthe intent in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَأَنَّ الْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُجَانِبُ مَرَادَ الشَّارِعِ بَاطِلٌ،

  And that any action that goes against the intent of the Lawgiver is invalid.

  مراد — the intent. This noun is the first half of an 'of' pairing: it owns nothing itself but is completed by 'the Lawgiver' right after it, giving 'the intent of the Lawgiver'. Arabic builds that link by placing the two nouns side by side with no separate word for 'of', and this first noun drops any 'the' of its own, taking its definiteness from the owner that follows.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →