عَابِدworshipper

Example sentences

• لَيْسَ للعابد مستراح إِلَّا تَحت شَجَرَة طُوبَى

  For the worshipper, there is no resting place except under the Tree of Tuba.

  لِلْعَابِدِ — for worshipper. 'Li-' (for / to) fused with an active participle 'the worshipper', genitive — 'for the worshipper [there is not]…'. The 'li-' marks the possessor in the existence-denial.

  From: Love and Devotion to God →

• وَلَوْ أَحَبَّيْ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يَخْضَعْ لَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَابِدًا لَهُ

  Even if someone loved something and did not submit to it, he would not be its worshiper.

  عَابِدًا — worshiper. An active describing word naming one who worships, here the complement of the 'to be' verb and so in the accusative. It names the status being denied in the result clause; its ending shows it leans on that verb rather than standing as an independent subject.

  From: Faith and Worship →