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رَايَةُ banner in Arabic

رَايَةُ is how you say “banner” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

عَلَيْهِمْ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةِ مَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ

Sa'd ibn Ubadah is with them, and the banner is with him.

الرَّايَةُ the banner

A definite noun 'the banner' carrying the article 'the', standing as the subject of 'the banner was with him'. Its '-u' ending marks the subject role; Arabic forms this 'X is with Y' statement without any separate 'was'.

From Conquest of Mecca Account

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More example sentences

وَرَايَةُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ،

The Prophet's standard, may God bless him and grant him peace, was with al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam,

وَرَايَةُ and standard

The wa- here is the narrative 'and' opening a new clause, fused to the noun 'standard/banner'. So this wa- both links to the previous scene and starts a fresh statement about whose banner went with whom; the noun heads the pairing 'the Prophet's standard' that follows.

From Conquest of Mecca Account

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