عِيَالًاand dependents 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,"

  وَعِيَالًا — and dependents. The connector 'wa-' adds a second object to the verb 'complained of', joining 'dependents' to 'a need' in the same complaint. The noun it leads is indefinite and accusative, matching the object role of the first item.

  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.

  وَعِيَالًا — and dependents. The connector 'wa-' adds a second object to 'complained of', joining 'dependents' to 'a need' in the same complaint. The noun it leads is indefinite and accusative, matching the object role of the first item.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →