نِيَّةِthe intention in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَلا بُدَّ مَعَ إِخْلَاصِ النِيَّةِ مِنَ العِلْمِ،

  So sincerity of intention must be accompanied by knowledge.

  النِيَّةِ — the intention. The owning second half of 'sincerity of intention'. It carries 'al-' for definiteness and sits in the genitive as the possessor in that 'X of Y' link, the form Arabic reserves for the noun that completes such a pairing.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →