أَنْصَارِAnsar

Example sentences

• كان أبوه مولى لرجل من الأنصار،

  His father was a freedman of a man from the Ansar.

  الأَنْصَارِ — the Ansar. This noun is the community he was from, held in the governed form by 'from'. The 'the' makes it the definite, well-known group, the Helpers.

  From: Raised in the Prophet’s Household →

• وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ

  And there was a man from among the Helpers.

  الْأَنْصَارِ — the Helpers. A definite plural group-name with 'al-', in the 'of' ending after the partitive preposition; the 'al-' fixes them as the known body of the Helpers. It names the man's people.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →

• إِذْ وَلَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا اِمْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ،

  When a woman from the Helpers entered upon us,

  الأَنْصَارِ — the Helpers. This noun carries al- ('the'), naming one specific, well-known group, and standing after 'from' it takes the genitive ending a preposition imposes. It tells which community the woman belonged to.

  From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →