بَرَاءَBara'

Example sentences

• سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ ـ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ـ يُحَدِّثُ

  I heard al-Bara' ibn Azib, may Allah be pleased with them, narrating.

  الْبَرَاءَ — al-Bara'. A proper name marked by its built-in 'the', standing as the thing heard, so it takes the object ending of what the hearing fell on. The definite marker is part of this particular name rather than an ordinary 'the'.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ، يَقُولُ

  I heard al-Bara' ibn 'Azib say.

  الْبَرَاءَ — al-Bara'. Proper name of the narrator and the object of 'heard', so it takes the object ending. The 'al-' is fused into the name itself rather than a separate 'the' on a common noun. It is the person whose speech is being reported.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →

• قَالَ فَرَأْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَضْرِبُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى يَنْفِضُ،

  He said: I saw al-Bara' strike one of his hands against the other and shake it off.

  الْبَرَاءَ — al-Bara'. Proper name of the narrator-figure being watched, serving as the object of 'saw', so it takes the object ending. The 'al-' is fused into the name itself rather than a separate article on a common noun. It is the person whose action the sentence goes on to describe.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →