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Example sentences

• فتسيرُ بنورٍ لا يُطفئه صخبُ الدنيا

  So you walk with a light that is not extinguished by the noise of the world.

  الدُّنْيَا — the world. Genitive owner of 'din' — 'the world, this lower life'. Its long final vowel never shifts for case, so its genitive role shows by position, not an ending.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

• من لَاحَ لَهُ حَال الْآخِرَة هان عَلَيْهِ فِرَاق الدُّنْيَا

  He who contemplates the hereafter, the separation from the world becomes easy for him.

  الدُّنْيَا — from the world. 'The world / this life', the owner completing 'parting from the world', genitive (a weak-ending noun, unmarked). Leaving this life behind.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →