نَاهِدٍthe one who displays herself

Example sentences

• فَالزُّهْدُ عَلَى الزَّاهِدِ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْحُلَى عَلَى النَّاهِدِ

  So asceticism on the ascetic is better than adornment on the one who displays herself.

  النَّاهِدِ — the one who displays herself. Definite noun, 'the one who displays herself', governed by 'on' into the owned form. It is an active participle used as a noun; it names who the adornment sits upon, contrasted with the ascetic.

  From: Silence and Supplication →