طِفْلٌchild

Example sentences

• والأنس بِذكرِهِ كهرب الْحُوت إِلَى المَاء والطفل إِلَى أمه

  And finding solace in His remembrance is like the fish's need for water and the child's need for its mother.

  وَالطِّفْلِ — and the child. 'And' plus 'the child', a second owner parallel to 'the fish' in the simile, genitive — the child's bolting. A second image of instinctive need.

  From: Love and Devotion to God →

• ثم أخرج طفلًا يتنقل من خرق القماط إلى خز الخزوز،

  Then He brought forth a child who moves from swaddling clothes to silk garments.

  طِفْلًا — a child. This noun is the object of the verb, shown by its accusative ending and indefinite shape, introducing a child as something newly brought into the scene. It is then described by the relative-style clause that follows, so it anchors what the rest of the line is about.

  From: God's Promise of New Life →