خَلِيفَةِcaliph

Example sentences

• أَنْزَلُوا النُّصُوصَ مَنْزِلَةَ الْخَلِيفَةِ فِي هَذَا الزَّمَانِ،

  They lowered the texts to the status of the caliph in this age.

  الْخَلِيفَةِ — the caliph. This definite noun completes the 'of' pairing, 'the rank of the caliph', standing in the genitive as the owner. The two nouns side by side carry the possession with no word for 'of'; the case ending marks the caliph as the one whose rank it is.

  From: Ignoring God's Guidance →

• فَكَتَبَ إِبْنُ الْقَصَّابِ إِلَى الْخَلِيفَةِ النَّاصِرِ،

  So Ibn al-Qassab wrote to the caliph al-Nasir,

  الْخَلِيفَةِ — the caliph. A definite noun 'the caliph', the title of the addressee, held in the genitive by the 'to' preposition. Its 'the' marks the specific office-holder, named precisely by the word to follow.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →