عَاقِلُwise person

Example sentences

• وَالْعَاقِلُ يَعْرِفُ حَقَّ الْمُحْسِنِ،

  And the wise person recognizes what is owed to the benefactor.

  وَالْعَاقِلُ — and the wise person. The front wa- shifts to a new statement, and the noun under it carries al- 'the', marking a specific 'the wise person', and the subject-style -u ending. That ending flags it as the subject of the verb coming next. So the word both links and names the doer of the recognizing.

  From: Honoring Parents →

• وَيُكَابِدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْعَاقِلُ فَيَتَصَعَّبُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى لَا يَنَالَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ

  And he struggles with the sensible believer, making it so difficult for him that he obtains nothing of what he seeks.

  الْعَاقِلُ — the sensible. This adjective describes the preceding 'believer', agreeing with it in definiteness through its al-, 'the sensible (believer)'. It narrows the believer to one of sound judgement, the hard case for the devil. Matching endings tie the adjective to its noun.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →