سُورَةِchapter/surah in Arabic

Example sentences

• كما أقسم في أول السورة على حال الانسان في مبدئه ومعاده

  As He swore at the beginning of the surah about the state of man at the beginning and end.

  السُّورَةِ — of the surah. The chapter named with al- (the), the owning second noun of the pairing 'beginning of the chapter', hence its genitive ending. Owning the beginning makes the whole phrase definite though the first noun shows no article.

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