إِخْوَانbrothers in Arabic

Example sentences

• ولا تدابروا، وكونوا عباد الله إخوانًا كما أمركم

  And do not turn away from one another, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers as He commanded you.

  إِخْوَانًا — brothers. This is the thing the people are commanded to become, completing 'be... brothers'. It is indefinite and takes the object ending that the command 'be' assigns to its complement, so the form marks it as what the subject is being told to turn into.

  From: Avoid Envy and Suspicion →

• وفي رواية لا تحاسدوا، ولا تباغضوا، ولا تجسسوا، ولا تحسسوا ولا تناجشوا وكونوا عباد الله إخوانًا

  And in a version: 'Do not envy, do not hate, do not spy, do not look for faults, do not artificially raise bids, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers.'

  إِخْوَانًا — brothers. This indefinite noun is what the people are told to become, completing 'be... brothers'. It takes the object ending the command 'be' gives its complement, marking it as the state the subject should turn into.

  From: Avoid Envy and Suspicion →