أَخُوbrother

Example sentences

• الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ،

  A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim.

  أَخُو — brother. 'Brother of', the predicate, heading an 'of' pairing. It belongs to the small set of nouns that show case with a long vowel, here the '-u' of the nominative predicate.

  From: Brotherhood in Islam →

• المسلم أخو المسلم، لا يظلمه، ولا يخذله ولا يحقره

  A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim; he does not oppress him, nor does he abandon him or look down upon him.

  أَخُو — is the brother. This is 'brother' as the first half of a possessive pairing with the noun that follows, 'brother of the Muslim', joined directly with no word for 'of'. Its special pairing-form (it drops the usual final marker before its owner) signals that another noun owns it.

  From: Avoid Envy and Suspicion →