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مَصْلَحَة
interest (benefit, advantage) /masˈlaħa/
nounB1#1693 most common
Also: welfare, benefit, public interest
Example sentences
هَذِهِ مَصْلَحَتي.
This is in my interest.
أُفَكِّرُ في مَصْلَحَةِ عائِلَتي.
I think about my family's welfare.
هَذا القَرارُ في مَصْلَحَةِ الجَميعِ.
This decision is in everyone's interest.
يَجِبُ أَن نُقَدِّمَ المَصْلَحَةَ العامَّةَ على المَصْلَحَةِ الخاصَّةِ.
We must put the public interest before private interest.
تَعْمَلُ الحُكومَةُ على حِمايَةِ مَصالِحِ المُواطِنينَ.
The government works to protect the interests of citizens.
لا تَتَّخِذُ الدُّوَلُ مَواقِفَها إلّا بِناءً على مَصالِحِها الاسْتِراتيجِيَّةِ.
States take their positions only on the basis of their strategic interests.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَصْلَحَةٌ | مَصالِحُ |
| Genitive | مَصْلَحَةٍ | مَصالِحَ |
| Accusative | مَصْلَحَةً | مَصالِحَ |
| Vocative | يا مَصْلَحَةُ | يا مَصالِحُ |
Word family
صَلَحَto be good, fit
إِصْلاحreform, repairصالِحrighteous, suitableمُصْلِحreformer
صُلْحreconciliation, peace
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ṣ-l-ḥ, which carries the sense of being sound, good, or fit. It follows the maṣdar mīmī pattern maf'ala, marking a source or place of good. In Islamic legal theory maṣlaḥa became a technical term for public welfare as a ground for legal reasoning.
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