نِعْمَةblessing

Example sentences

• وهو الذي خلقه من العدم وأنعم عليه بالنعم، وسخر له ما في السماوات والأرض

  He is the one who created him from nonexistence, bestowed blessings upon him, and subjugated for him what is in the heavens and the earth.

  بِالنِّعَمِ — with blessings. Here 'bi-' is fused on as 'with', marking what the bestowing consists of: with blessings. The preposition governs the noun, whose 'the' marks the favors as a known set.

  From: A Path to Mercy →

• وقد قال عليه الصلاة والسلام نعمتان مغبون فيهما كثير من الناس الصحة والفراغ

  The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Two blessings which many people are deceived about are health and free time.

  نِعْمَتَانِ — two blessings. A noun in the dual, 'two blessings'. Rather than adding a separate 'two', Arabic folds 'exactly two' into the noun's own ending, so the count rides in the word's shape. It opens the quoted statement as its topic.

  From: Health as a Blessing →