حُفَاةٌbarefoot

Example sentences

• قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الْأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ

  He said, 'That a slave woman will give birth to her mistress, and that you will see barefoot, unclothed, destitute shepherds competing in erecting tall buildings.'

  الْحُفَاةَ — barefoot. The first object of 'you see', a noun with al- ('the') in the accusative as the thing observed. It opens a stacked string of descriptions of the same people. The accusative ending marks it, and the matching ones to follow, as what is seen.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →