حَاجَةًa need in Arabic

Example sentences

• قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شَكَا حَاجَةً شَدِيدَةً وَعِيَالًا فَارْحَمْهُ،

  He said, "I said, O Messenger of God, he complained of a severe need and dependents, so have mercy on him,"

  حَاجَةً — a need. An indefinite noun with an accusative ending marking it as the thing complained of, the object of the verb. With no 'the', it presents the need in general terms; the case ending, not word order, fixes its object role.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شَكَا حَاجَةً شَدِيدَةً وَعِيَالًا، فَرَحِمْتُهُ فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيلَهُ

  I said, O Messenger of God, he complained that he had a severe need and dependents, so I took pity on him and set him free.

  حَاجَةً — a need. An indefinite noun with an accusative ending marking it as the thing complained of, the object of the verb. With no 'the', it presents the need in general terms; the case ending, not word order, fixes its object role.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →