بِلاwithout in Arabic

Example sentences

• العملُ بلا نيةٍ كرحلةٍ بلا بوصلة؛

  Action without intention is like a journey without a compass;

  بِلا — without. 'without' — the 'bi-' fused with 'no' to mean 'lacking.' It marks what the action goes without: intention. Action 'without intention' is the flawed thing the simile illustrates.

  From: Purifying Your Intentions →

• العملُ بلا نيةٍ كرحلةٍ بلا بوصلة؛

  Action without intention is like a journey without a compass;

  بِلا — without. 'without' again — the same fused 'lacking,' now applied to the journey. The parallel is exact: as the action lacks intention, the journey lacks a compass, named next.

  From: Purifying Your Intentions →

• إن تراكمَ بلا تخطيط صار ممرّاتٍ عشوائية،

  If accumulated without planning, it becomes random pathways.

  بِلا — without. 'without' — the fused 'lacking.' It marks the manner of the piling-up: 'without a plan.' Unstructured accumulation is the flawed case; the noun 'planning' follows.

  From: A Quran Memorization Method →

• هو منهم بلا شك غير أنه في المسلمين يندس،

  He is among them, without a doubt, yet he infiltrates the Muslims.

  بِلا — without. This is bi- fused with a negating word, giving 'without'. The bi- governs the noun after it into the post-preposition form, and the pair denies the presence of the thing named next, 'without doubt'.

  From: God's Attributes →