فِدًىa ransom

Example sentences

• قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِدًى لَهُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي،

  Abu Bakr said, "May my father and mother be ransomed for him."

  فِدًى — a ransom. A noun used in a wish-formula, 'a ransom (be)', left indefinite and set in the accusative that such exclamatory pledges take. It opens the devotional 'may my father and mother be ransom for him', a fixed way of expressing total devotion.

  From: The Secret Migration →

• فَقُلْتُ فِدًى لَكَ أَبِيَ وَأُمِّيَ

  So I said, "May my father and my mother be a ransom for you."

  فِدًى — may it be a ransom. A standing exclamatory noun used to offer oneself or one's family as a ransom, a fixed expression of devotion. It heads a wish rather than reporting a fact, so it reads as 'may they be a ransom' even with no explicit verb.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →