أَفْضَلُbetter

Example sentences

• والأفضلُ أن تجمعَ اللفظَ والحضور تردِّد لا إلهَ إلا الله وأنت تفكّ قيودَ قلبِك من كلِّ معبودٍ باطلٍ صورة، مال، هوى

  And it is better to combine the utterance and presence: you repeat 'None is worthy of worship except Allah' while freeing your heart from all false gods: images, wealth, desires.

  وَالْأَفْضَلُ — and the better. 'and the better thing' — the comparative-superlative 'most preferable', fronted as subject, nominative. al- on it gives 'the better course'; it waits for 'to...' to say what that is.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

• فالعافية أفضل ما أنعم الله به على الإنسان بعد الإسلام،

  Well-being is the best blessing God granted to man after Islam.

  أَفْضَلُ — the best. A comparative-superlative adjective, 'the best', the head of an 'X of Y'-like phrase, 'the best of what...'. Arabic uses one fixed shape for 'better/best', here topping the list of blessings.

  From: Health as a Blessing →

• وَأَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ أَصْبَرُهُمْ عَلَى النَّوْعَيْنِ

  The best of people are those among them who are most patient regarding the two kinds.

  وَأَفْضَلُ — and the best. Here wa- opens the whole sentence as a loose 'and/now', linking this new claim to the running discussion rather than joining two items. The rest is a comparative-shaped noun ('the best'), which heads an 'of' pairing with the people named next. The wa- sets the topical, list-continuing tone.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →

• مِنْهَا أَنْ رَجُلًا سَأَلَهُ مَنْ أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

  One of them was that a man asked him who the best of the people was after the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.

  أَفْضَلُ — best. A superlative word, 'best', the comment on 'who' — 'who is best'. Arabic uses one fixed superlative form and builds 'the best of...' by following it with the group, making this the head of 'best of the people'.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →

• فَقَالَ عَلَى الْبَدِيهَةِ أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ مَنْ كَانَتْ بِنْتُهُ تَحْتَهُ،

  He said on the spur of the moment: the best of people is the one whose daughter was under him.

  أَفْضَلُ — best. A superlative word, 'best', heading 'the best of people' as the topic of his answer. Arabic uses one fixed superlative form and builds 'the best of...' with the group that follows.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →

• يَا بُنَيَّ مَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بِشَيْءٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْعَقْلِ

  O my son, no one has worshipped God by anything better than the intellect.

  أَفْضَلُ — better. A comparative adjective built on the 'more/most' pattern, expressing that one thing outranks another. It heads a comparison and pulls in the 'than' phrase that follows to name what is surpassed. The pattern itself, not a separate word, carries the 'more' meaning that English spreads across two words.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →

• وَقَلْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَلْفِ أَلْفٍ مَرَّةٍ

  And the believer's heart is better than the Frequented House by more than a thousand thousand times.

  أَفْضَلُ — is better. A comparison word ('better / superior'), the predicate that completes the claim about the heart. Its fixed pattern is the Arabic way of saying 'more X', and it leans on the 'than' phrase that follows to name what it outranks.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →

• مَا أَحَدُ مِمَّنِ رَوَيْتُ عَنْهُ هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ زَمَانُنَا،

  There is no one among those I narrated from who is better than all the people of our time.

  أَفْضَلُ — better. A comparison-form adjective, the 'more X' shape, meaning 'better / more excellent'. It pairs with the 'than' preposition that follows to set up a comparison, so its job is to rank one side above another.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →