لِذَلِكَtherefore

Example sentences

• لذلك جاء في القرآن ﴿فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ﴾، ولم يقل من رجحت سيئاته؛ لأن السيئات لا تُعطي صاحبها وزنًا محمودًا، بل تُسقطه

  Therefore, it is mentioned in the Quran: 'So those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful ones,' and it does not say: 'whose bad deeds outweigh,' because bad deeds do not give their owner a praiseworthy weight; rather, they bring him down.

  لِذَلِكَ — for that. 'for that reason' — 'li' of cause plus 'that'. It draws a conclusion: 'therefore'.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• وَلِذَلِكَ كَانَتْ تُسَمَّى ذَاتَ النِّطَاقِ،

  And for that reason she was called She of the Girdle,

  وَلِذَلِكَ — and for that reason. A bundle of three: wa- as 'and', then a preposition 'for', then a pointing word 'that', together meaning 'and for that (reason)'. The wa- ties this explanation to the story, and the 'for-that' phrase marks cause, setting up why she got her nickname.

  From: The Secret Migration →

• وَأَفَلَتْ كَوَاكِبُهُ النَّيِّرَةُ مِنْ آفَاقِ نُفُوسِهِمْ فَلِذَلِكَ لَا يُحِبُّونَهَا،

  And his bright stars faded from the horizons of their souls, so for that they do not love them.

  فَلِذَلِكَ — so for that. This stacks two pieces: the fa- 'and so' that marks consequence, then a fixed phrase meaning 'for that reason' which points back to the fading just described as its cause. Together they set up the result clause, telling the reader that what follows is the effect of what came before.

  From: Ignoring God's Guidance →

• فَلَمْ يَتَغَيَّرُوا عَلَيْهِ لِذَلِكَ قَالُوا نَفْعَلْ

  So they did not change toward him; therefore they said, "We will do."

  لذَلِك — for that. A fixed connective, li- plus the pointing word, meaning 'for that reason'. It draws a consequence, linking the people's non-change to the statement they then make.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →