عَمَّنْabout one who

Example sentences

• وَيُكْتَبُ عَمَّنْ دَرَجَ وَدَبَّ ،

  And it will be written about one who walked and crawled,

  عَمَّنْ — about one who. Two parts fused: the preposition 'about / concerning' and a relative pronoun 'one who', so 'about whoever'. The preposition forces the 'of'-style ending and the relative opens a clause; the whole sets up 'about one who...', the topic of what gets written.

  From: Humility Over Fame →

• وَغَضَّ الطَّرْفَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاهُمْ،

  And lower your gaze from anyone except them.

  عَمَّنْ — from anyone. A welded word: the preposition 'away from' fused with the relative/indefinite 'whoever'. It means 'from whoever', marking the people the gaze is to be averted from. The preposition governs the fused relative, and the whole sets up 'from anyone other than...'.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →