كتابbook

Example sentences

• ووسمت كتابي ب ذمّ الْهَوَى لِذَلِكَ الْمَعْنَى

  And I titled my book 'The Condemnation of Desires' for this reason.

  كِتَابِي — my book. The possessor is clipped onto the end of the noun rather than standing in front of it: Arabic builds 'my book' as a single word, the owner riding on the thing owned. A noun carrying a possessor like this is already definite, so it takes no separate 'the'.

  From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →

• وأمثال ذَلِك مِمَّا اسْتعْمل فِيهِ لفظ الْكَلِمَة من الْكتاب وَالسّنة بل وَسَائِر كَلَام الْعَرَب فَإِنَّمَا يُرَاد بِهِ الْجُمْلَة التَّامَّة

  And the likes of that from the usage of the term (the word) in the Book and the Sunnah, as well as the rest of Arab speech, for it indeed means the complete sentence.

  الْكِتَابِ — the Book. Genitive after 'min' — 'the Book', the Quran. The first source.

  From: The Declaration of Faith →

• اجْتنب من يعادي أهل الْكتاب وَالسّنة لِئَلَّا يعديك خسرانه

  Avoid those who oppose the people of the Book and the Sunnah, lest their loss infect you.

  الكِتَابِ — the Book. 'The Book', the owner completing 'the people of the Book', genitive, definite — here the Quran. The folk of revelation.

  From: Directing Desire Toward God →