هَذِهthis

Example sentences

• فهذه قواطع تحول بين القلب وبين معرفته

  These obstacles stand between the heart and its understanding.

  هَذِهِ — these. A demonstrative meaning 'these', feminine to match the plural of things, used as the subject pointing back to the obstacles just listed. It is definite by nature and stands in the subject case as the topic of the sentence.

  From: A Sound Heart Knows →

• فإذا أراد العبد أن يصلح قلبه، فليقطع هذه القواطع،

  If the servant wants to repair his heart, let him cut these obstacles,

  هَذِهِ — these. A pointing word, 'these', used for nearby or just-mentioned plural things. It agrees with the noun it introduces and, being a demonstrative, it also lends that noun definiteness, the way English 'these' already singles things out.

  From: A Sound Heart Knows →

• فصل وَهَذِه الْأَعْمَال الْبَاطِنَة كمحبة الله وَالْإِخْلَاص لَهُ والتوكل عَلَيْهِ وَالرِّضَا عَنهُ وَنَحْو ذَلِك كلهَا مَأْمُور بهَا فِي حق الْخَاصَّة والعامة

  Section: These inner actions — such as love of Allah, sincerity to Him, reliance upon Him, and contentment with Him, and the like — are all commanded for both the elite and the common people.

  هَذِهِ — these. A demonstrative, 'these', pointing to the inner actions about to be listed. Its feminine form agrees with the feminine plural noun it introduces, so the pointer and the thing pointed to match in gender.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →