Sentence examples for enjoined on from inspiring English sources

The Quran emphasizes the great struggles the mother goes through for her child, to highlight the need for one to reciprocate their parents sacrifice for them: "And We have enjoined on man to his parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him and his weaning was over two years.

The rite is both a social and a religious responsibility enjoined on all male Hindus (with the exception of some sannyasis, or ascetics).

The vows of the monks are more numerous and more intensive, but the way of life enjoined on the laity was simply an abridged monastic rule allowing more dispensations and compromise.

The governor, in his statement, said he believed even the sections that were temporarily enjoined on Wednesday would eventually be upheld, and added that the state would consider appealing if that did not happen.

There he sits at the Department of Health, ever more conscious of the nation's descent into crapulous overindulgence and yet uneasily aware of the responsibility enjoined on all Conservative governments to suck up to the brewers and the big food companies.

In the spirit of honesty and candour that Julian Baggini has recently enjoined on all parties in his Heathen's progress, I feel it is incumbent on me to admit the following: the latest instalment of the annual British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey reads like a nightmare for anyone (like me) who is concerned about the future of the Church of England.

By enjoining on bishops an obligation to reside in their respective sees, the church effectively abolished plurality of bishoprics.

"The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor," Pope Francis said.

Amsterdam: Elsevier Science; 2001), enjoining on them an Ethical Responsibility/Accountability to the Society to achieve Productivity and Equity in Resources-Use so committed for a resource-efficient housing/urban problem solution.

That's because, with the stakes set so high, the five-person America's Cup Arbitration Panel, which was enjoined to rule on disputes between syndicates, would not do so for fear of being sued by groups that found themselves on the wrong side of their decisions.

So in this holiday season in which we are constantly enjoined to meditate on our connectedness as human beings, it might serve the true spirit of the moment to think about our own responsibility in shaping a racial history, and whether or not the things we have done, the institutions we have made, can change.