عُرَىbonds

Example sentences

• تمسكوا بعرى التقى كالمدابير الغدر،

  They held firmly to the bonds of piety like wariness of treachery,

  بِعُرَى — by the bonds of. A 'with/by' preposition is fused to the front, marking the means of holding and forcing this noun into the 'of' ending. The noun is also the first half of a possessive pair, so it leans on the next word to say bonds of what.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →

• وَحب الله رَسُوله أوثق عرى الْإِيمَان

  And the love of Allah and His Messenger is the strongest bond of faith.

  عُرَى — bond. This noun is the owner half of the pairing, 'the handholds', set after the superlative it completes. It takes the genitive of the possessive relationship, naming the set out of which this is the firmest.

  From: Sincerity and Hypocrisy →