Arabic vocabulary
أَنْصَارِ is how you say “Ansar” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
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.
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