حُضُورِwith the presence of

Example sentences

• وَأَنْصَتَ بِحُضُورِ قَلْبِهِ؛

  And he listened with his heart present.

  بِحُضُورِ — with the presence of. This is a 'with/by-means-of' preposition fused to a noun, framing the manner of listening. The preposition forces the genitive, and the noun heads an 'of' pairing with the heart.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →

• فَكَانَ زُوَّارُ بَغْدَادِ يَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى حُضُورِ مَجَالِسِهِ

  Visitors to Baghdad were eager to attend his sessions.

  حُضُورِ — attend. A verbal noun, the act of attending, governed by the preceding preposition so it carries the genitive. English turns it into the infinitive 'to attend', but Arabic uses a noun-of-action here. It also heads the possessive pairing with 'his sessions' that follows.

  From: Public Preaching →