سَيْرٌwalking

Example sentences

• وَعَلَى قَدْرِ سَيْرِهِ عَلَى هَذِهِ الصِّرَاطِ

  And according to how he walks on this bridge.

  سَيْرِهِ — his walking. An action-noun ('walking') with an attached -hi ('his'), so 'his walking', naming the act as a thing. It closes the 'measure of his walking' pairing as the owner and takes the genitive ending. The -hi tracks the person whose pace is meant.

  From: The Bridge to Paradise →

• يَكُونُ سَيْرُهُ عَلَى ذَاكَ الصِّرَاطِ،

  His walk will be on that path,

  سَيْرُهُ — his walk. An action-noun ('walking') with an attached -hu ('his'), so 'his walk', the real subject of the 'will be' verb. The -hu tracks the person whose pace is described. It carries the ending that marks it as the subject of its clause.

  From: The Bridge to Paradise →

• فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْعَبْدُ سَيْرَهُ عَلَىٰ ذَلِكَ الصِّرَاطِ

  So let the servant examine his conduct on that path.

  سَيْرَهُ — his conduct. An action-noun ('walking/conduct') with an attached -hu ('his'), so 'his conduct', the object the servant is told to examine. As the object of the looking it takes the accusative ending. The -hu tracks the person being urged.

  From: The Bridge to Paradise →