مَغْرِبِwest

Example sentences

• وَيَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمَا كَمَا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ

  And it will be between them as between the east and the west.

  وَالْمَغْرِب — and the west. The wa- coordinates this as the other pole of the 'between east and west' pairing, so it shares the (genitive); its al- makes it definite, 'the west'. It completes the simile's yardstick. The coordination ties it to its partner direction.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →