الْدَّارَانِيِal-Darani

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانِ الْدَّارَانِيِ مَنْ صَفَّى، صُفِّيَ لَهُ، وَمَنْ كَدَرَ، كَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ،

  Abu Sulayman al-Darani said: Whoever purifies himself will be purified, and whoever becomes clouded will be clouded.

  الْدَّارَانِيِ — al-Darani. A descriptive surname (a nisba) tying the man to a place or tribe, the kind of name that ends in the relational '-i' suffix. It rounds off his full name and agrees in case with the rest of the name-chain, so its ending matches the genitive run of the preceding elements.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →