إِضَافَةattribution

Example sentences

• وفي إضافته إليه باسم الرسالة أبين دليل أنه كلام المرسل

  And in attributing it to him as a message is the clearest evidence that it is the speech of the sender.

  إِضَافَتِهِ — attributing it. A verbal noun, the act of 'attributing/ascribing', carrying a 'his' ending. A verbal noun names an action as a thing, like English '-ing'; the suffix here marks whose act of attributing it is. Standing after the preposition, it takes the governed form.

  From: God's Eternal Word →

• ولو كانت إضافته إليه إضافة إنشاء وابتداء لم يكن رسولًا

  And if ascribing it to Him were an act of creation and origination, He would not be a messenger.

  إِضَافَتُهُ — his ascribing it. A verbal noun, the act of 'attributing', with a 'his' ending and standing as the subject of 'were'. Its subject ending marks it as the doer-noun of the clause, and the suffix shows whose attributing is meant.

  From: God's Eternal Word →

• ولو كانت إضافته إليه إضافة إنشاء وابتداء لم يكن رسولًا

  And if ascribing it to Him were an act of creation and origination, He would not be a messenger.

  إِضَافَةَ — an act of. The verbal noun 'attribution' heading the pairing 'an attribution of creation', and serving as the predicate of 'were' (an object-form predicate this verb takes). It leans on the owner that follows to specify what kind of attribution.

  From: God's Eternal Word →

• ولناقض ذلك إضافته إلى رسوله الملكي في سورة التكوير

  And this would contradict attributing it to His angelic messenger in Surah At-Takwir.

  إِضَافَتُهُ — attributing it. A verbal noun, the act of 'attributing', with a 'his' ending, here the subject of the contradiction: 'His attributing it would contradict...'. The subject ending marks it as the doer-noun, and the suffix shows whose act it is.

  From: God's Eternal Word →

• إِضَافَةً إِلَى فَصَاحَتِهِ وَغَزَارَةٍ مَحْفُوْظَةٍ بِسُرْعَةِ البَدِيهَةِ وَالجَوَابِ الحَاضِرِ،

  In addition to his eloquence, his abundant memory, quick perception, and prompt replies,

  إِضَافَةً — in addition. A noun, 'an addition', that pairs with the preposition after it to form 'in addition to'; its object-style ending marks it as an adverb-like aside. On its own it means little — its partner preposition completes the phrase.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →