رِكَابِthe reins in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَمُرُّ كَشَدِّ الرِّكَابِ،

  And among them are those who pass like the tightening of the reins.

  الرِّكَابِ — the reins. A definite plural ('the reins') owned by 'tightening' before it, closing that 'of' pairing as 'the tightening of the reins'. As the owner term it takes the genitive ending. The al- supplies 'the' without a separate word.

  From: The Bridge to Paradise →