أبيAbu

Example sentences

• قال أبو صالح الراوي عن أبي هريرة، لما سئل عن كيفية ذكرهن، قال يقول سبحان الله، والحمد لله، والله أكبر، حتى يكون منهن كلهن ثلاثًا وثلاثين

  Abu Salih, the narrator from Abu Hurairah, when asked about how to recite them, said: 'Say: Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar until each is thirty-three.'

  أَبِي — Abu. This is 'Abu' ('father of') in the genitive — its long 'i' marking the genitive, because it follows 'from'. It heads a possessive with the next name. (The five special nouns show their case by a long vowel like this.)

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• من حَدِيث عَليّ بن أبي طَالب وَأبي سعيد الْخُدْرِيّ عَن النَّبِي

  From the hadith of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri about the Prophet.

  أَبِي — father of. This noun is the front of a further pairing, 'father of...', here part of the name Abu Talib, and it sits in the genitive after 'son of'. It reaches forward to the name that completes the father's title.

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• من حَدِيث عَليّ بن أبي طَالب وَأبي سعيد الْخُدْرِيّ عَن النَّبِي

  From the hadith of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri about the Prophet.

  أَبِي — father of. This noun is the front of a pairing 'father of...', part of the name Abu Sa'id, and it stays in the genitive matching the narrator it is joined to. It reaches forward to the name that completes the title.

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• وَهَؤُلَاء أَصْحَاب رَسُول الله مَعَ أَمِير الْمُؤمنِينَ عَليّ بن أبي طَالب بِأَمْر النَّبِي

  And these are the companions of the Messenger of Allah, with the Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib, by the command of the Prophet.

  أَبِي — Abi. This noun is the front of a further pairing, 'father of...', part of the name Abu Talib, staying in the genitive after 'son of'. It reaches forward to the name that completes the father's title.

  From: Sincerity and Hypocrisy →