عَرَبArabs

Example sentences

• هكذا تشهدُ لغةُ العرب؛ فلا يُحكى بالقولِ إلا كلامٌ تام

  Thus, the language of the Arabs testifies; only complete speech is spoken.

  العَرَبِ — the Arabs. Genitive owner closing that pairing — whose language it is. al- makes 'the Arabs' definite, and the language takes its definiteness from them.

  From: Words That Nourish the Heart →

• وأمثال ذَلِك مِمَّا اسْتعْمل فِيهِ لفظ الْكَلِمَة من الْكتاب وَالسّنة بل وَسَائِر كَلَام الْعَرَب فَإِنَّمَا يُرَاد بِهِ الْجُمْلَة التَّامَّة

  And similar uses of the term 'word' in the Book and the Sunnah, as well as in the rest of Arabic speech, refer to a complete sentence.

  الْعَرَبِ — Arabic. Genitive closing the chain — 'the Arabs'. Whose speech is meant.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• كان ابن عباس إذا جلس مع أصحابه حدثهم ساعة ثم قال حمضونا، فيأخذ في أحاديث العرب ثم يعود يفعل ذلك مرارًا

  When Ibn Abbas sat with his companions, he would talk to them for an hour and then say, 'Refresh us,' and would start discussing Arab stories before returning, doing this repeatedly.

  الْعَرَبِ — the Arabs. The owner in 'tales of the Arabs', so genitive and definite by al'; adjacency builds the 'of' link.

  From: Stories That Soften the Heart →