حِكْمَةٌ wisdom in Arabic
حِكْمَةٌ is how you say “wisdom” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَكَانَ قد أعطَاهُ الله تَعَالَى الْحِكْمَة
And Allah, the Exalted, had given him wisdom
الحِكْمَةَ wisdom
'al-' = 'the'; 'hikma' = 'wisdom'. Object — the '-a' ending marks it.
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وحكمته فِي قَضَائِهِ وَقدره
And His wisdom in His decree and determination.
وَحِكْمَتِهِ and His wisdom
'And' plus 'wisdom' with '-hi' (His) attached — another attribute beheld, His wisdom, continuing a governed run. The pair 'in His decree' follows.
وَيْشْهد حكمته وَنعمته فِي أمره وَنَهْيه
And witness His wisdom and blessing in His command and prohibition.
حِكْمَتَهُ His wisdom
'Wisdom' with '-hu' (His) attached, the object of 'witness', accusative — His wisdom. First of the pair to behold here.
والحكمة الفلسفية الالهية ما ينظر فيها من يرجي فلاحه،
As for philosophical divine wisdom, no one who hopes for success should look into it.
وَالْحِكْمَةُ and the wisdom
'and the wisdom,' the fronted topic (the -u), qualified by two adjectives ('philosophical,' 'divine') next. 'As for philosophical-divine wisdom...'; the comment — no one hoping for success looks into it — follows.
ولكن ضلال من لم يدر ما جاءت به الرسل كما ينبغي بالحكمة شر ممن يدري،
But the misguidance of one who does not know what the messengers brought, as he should through wisdom, is worse than that of one who knows.
بِالْحِكْمَةِ with wisdom
The 'bi-' here is the instrumental one — 'by means of', the tool or channel through which something is done. So this phrase names HOW the messengers' teaching ought to be grasped: through wisdom, as the method. The preposition also forces the following noun into the genitive.
والحكمة الرياضية فيها حق من طبائع هندسية وحساب ونحو ذلك،
Mathematical wisdom contains truths from geometric and arithmetic concepts, and the like.
وَالْحِكْمَةُ and wisdom
This is 'and' plus 'the wisdom / philosophy', the definite, nominative topic of the sentence. It pairs with the adjective that follows to name a specific branch. The 'is' linking it to what it contains is left for the reader to supply.
والحكمة الطبيعية لا بأس بها،
Natural philosophy is harmless.
وَالْحِكْمَةُ and wisdom
This is 'and the wisdom / philosophy', definite and nominative, the topic of a fresh sentence. It pairs with the adjective that follows to name another branch. The 'is' to its predicate is left unwritten.
فإن كمال علمه وقدرته وحكمته تأبى أن يقر من تقول عليه وافترى عليه
For His perfect knowledge, power, and wisdom refuse to approve one who falsely attributes to Him and fabricates against Him.
وَحِكْمَتِهِ His wisdom
A third coordinated genitive, his wisdom, completing the trio of qualities owned under 'perfection of'. Same shape as the others: genitive ending, possessor suffixed, joined by 'and', so the verb that follows treats all three as a single grammatical subject.
وقال أيضًا إن هذه القلوب تمل كما تمل الأبدان فالتمسوا لها من الحكمة طرفًا
And he also said, 'Indeed, these hearts get weary as bodies get weary, so seek a portion of wisdom for them.'
الْحِكْمَةِ wisdom
Definite by al' and genitive by the partitive before it; the whole from which a portion is drawn.
وَكَانَ قَدْ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى الْحِكْمَةَ
And Allah, the Most High, had given him the wisdom.
الْحِكْمَةَ the wisdom
A definite noun carrying 'the', the thing given and so the second object of the giving, in the object-style ending. It names what was bestowed on Luqman: the wisdom.