امْرَأًa man / a person

Example sentences

• فَرَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً جَعَلَ لِنَفْسِهِ خِطَامًا وَزِمَامًا

  May God have mercy on the man who made for his self a bridle and a rein.

  امْرَأً — a man. An indefinite noun ('a man') in the accusative as the object of the mercy-verb - the one mercy is wished upon. Its indefiniteness keeps it general: any man who does this.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →

• كَمَا قَالَ القَائِلُ وَكُنتُ امْرَأً مِنْ جُنْدِ إِبْلِيسِ

  As the speaker said, I was one of Iblis's troops.

  امْرَأً — a man. An indefinite noun in the accusative, the case Arabic gives the predicate after the past 'to be'. So this is what the speaker says he was, and the accusative ending is the grammatical sign that it completes 'I was...'.

  From: Three States of the Heart →