قُوَّتَانِtwo powers in Arabic

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.

  قُوَّتَانِ — two powers. A dual noun ('two powers') as the delayed subject, with 'exactly two' folded into its ending. Arabic's dedicated dual carries the count in the word's shape, so no separate 'two' is needed.

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