فِكْرٌthought

Example sentences

• وَأَن تقضي عَلَيْهِ بآراء الْمُتَكَلِّمين وأفكار المتكلفين

  And to judge it with the opinions of the theologians and the speculations of the pretentious,

  وَأَفْكَارِ — and the speculations. 'And' plus a broken plural 'notions / thoughts', first term of a parallel 'of' pairing — 'the notions of the pretentious' — genitive. It owns the noun that follows.

  From: God's Majesty →

• إنّه حقلُ تجمُّعٍ للأفكار قبل أن تتزاحم في اللسان

  It is a field for gathering thoughts before they crowd the tongue.

  لِلْأَفْكَارِ — for thoughts. The 'li-' marks what the gathering is FOR — 'for thoughts,' a broken plural, in the -i form after the preposition. Silence is the field where one's thoughts collect before they reach the tongue.

  From: On Silence →

• أجل فكرك في أركانك وتدبر بناء بنانك ويكفي في العبر نطق لسانك كلما تلوى،

  Reflect on your own limbs and consider the construction of your fingertips; it is enough as a lesson that your tongue speaks whenever it turns.

  فِكْرَكَ — your thought. This noun is the thing the command acts on and has 'your' fused to its end, addressing the same listener the command targets. The attached owner makes 'your thought' in one unit, set as what is to be applied.

  From: All Creation Praises Him →

• والغَائِصُ فِي بَحْرِ فِكْرِهِ عَلَى نَفَائِسِ الدُّرِّ

  And he who plunges into the sea of his thought in search of rare pearls.

  فِكْرِهِ — his thought. A noun 'thought' with the 'his' suffix attached, the owning term completing 'the sea of his thought', hence the genitive. The possessor points to the scholar; the attached pronoun makes the noun definite. It closes the figurative construct.

  From: Public Preaching →