وَأَكْثَرُهُمْand the most of them

Example sentences

• أَوْسَطُ قُرَيْشِ نَسَبًا وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ مَالًا،

  She was of the middle lineage among the Quraysh and the wealthiest of them in wealth.

  وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ — and the most of them. The connector wa- ('and') fused to a superlative ('the most') that itself carries the suffix '-hum' ('of them') as the group compared against. So 'and the most of them' is one word, coordinating a second superlative claim alongside the first.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →