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بِلَا without in Arabic

بِلَا is how you say “without” in Arabic.

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افصل بين الحاجة والرغبة؛ الحاجة تُقيمك، والرغبة إن تُركت بلا ضابط تستهلكك

Distinguish between need and desire; need establishes you, while desire, if left unchecked, consumes you.

بِلَا without

'bi-' = 'with' + 'la' = 'no' — together 'without'.

From On Sincerity

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إذا أردتَ ذِكرًا يغيِّرُ يومَك فلا تكتفِ بصوتٍ بلا معنى

If you want a remembrance that transforms your day, do not settle for a sound without meaning.

بِلَا without

'with no...' — 'bi' fused to the negating 'la', meaning 'devoid of'. It introduces what the sound is missing.

From Turning Daily Words into Worship

الاسمُ المُجرَّدُ شرارةٌ بلا نار؛ أمّا الجملةُ المشروعة فنورٌ يسري

A mere name is a spark without fire; but a prescribed sentence is a light that spreads.

بِلَا without

'with no' — 'bi' fused to negating 'la', meaning 'devoid of'. It introduces what the spark lacks.

From Turning Daily Words into Worship

وإن زللتَ فـأستغفرُ الله معناها طلبُ سترِ الذنب مع عزمٍ على إصلاحه؛ فالاستغفارُ بلا تصحيحٍ مجرّدُ صوت

And if you slip, 'I seek forgiveness from Allah' means asking for the concealing of the sin with a resolve to correct it; seeking forgiveness without correction is merely sound.

بِلَا without

'with no' — 'bi' fused to the negating 'la', 'devoid of'. It introduces what such seeking lacks.

From Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart

ما تفعله بلا تفكير هو ما يصنعُك حين يتعبُ التفكير

What you do without thinking defines you when thinking tires.

بِلَا without

'without' — the fused 'lacking.' It marks the manner: doing 'without thought.' Automatic action — the kind that runs when reflection is off — is exactly what shapes you, the sentence will say.

From Steady Spiritual Habits

إن تراكمَ بلا تخطيط صار ممرّاتٍ عشوائية،

If accumulated without planning, it becomes random pathways.

بِلَا without

'without' — the fused 'lacking,' marking the manner of the piling-up: without a plan. Unstructured accumulation, restated, leads to chaos.

From Retaining the Quran

بل هي صنعة بلا ثواب ولا عقاب،

Rather, it is a craft without reward or punishment.

بِلَا without

This is 'without' — a fused 'bi-' plus 'no' that together mean 'lacking / with none of'. It governs the following noun in the genitive and strips the craft of any moral payload. Arabic builds 'without X' compactly with this little unit.

From Intention in Islam

فينبغي الاقتصار على الموافق الشهي بلا إكثار منه

So, one should limit themselves to agreeable, delightful food, without excess.

بِلَا without

This is the preposition 'without', built from 'with' plus the negator, and it governs the genitive on the noun after it. It marks the absence, doing the agreeable eating but with no excess.

From The One-Third Rule

وَهُوَ أَنْصَرُ لِصَاحِبِهِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ بِلَا عِدَّةٍ وَلَا عَدَدٍ

And he is more supportive of his companion than other men, without any limit and without any number.

بَلًّا without

This is the compound 'without', built from the preposition 'with/in' plus the negator 'no', meaning 'with no...'. It denies that any quantity of helpers is needed, governing the noun after it. So it sets up 'without any number', stressing patience helps unaided.

From Patience and God's Help

فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَعْزِمُ بِلاَ تَرَدُّدٍ، وَيَمْضِي مِنْ غَيْرِ التَّفَاتِ،

Some of them decide without hesitation and go on without looking back.

بِلاَ without

This fuses a 'with' preposition to the negator 'no', building 'without' in one word. It governs the next noun into the genitive and strips away the named thing: 'without hesitation'.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness

فَبَقِيَتْ مَرَارَةُ الأَسَى بِلَا مُقَاوِمٍ،

So the bitterness of grief remained, with no one to oppose it,

بَلًّا with no

Functions in the sentence as the start of a 'with no...' phrase introducing the lack of any opposition. Its job is to set up the negated companion that follows, framing the bitterness as standing with nothing to resist it.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness

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