النَّفْسُthe soul

Example sentences

• قُلْتُ وَالنَّفْسُ فِيهَا قُوَّتَانِ قُوَّةُ الإِقْدَامِ وَقُوَّةُ الإِحْجَامِ

  I said, and the soul, in it are two powers: the power of taking action and the power of refraining.

  وَالنَّفْسُ — and the soul. wa- opens the quoted reflection, marking 'the soul' as the definite topic. The conjunction links it onto the prior point, and the al- names the known thing being discussed.

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