أَدْنَىcloser

Example sentences

• تمرق مارقة على خير فرقة من الْمُسلمين يقتلهُمْ أدنى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ

  A group will defect from the best faction of the Muslims, and the closer of the two parties will kill them.

  أَدْنَى — the closer. This is a comparative-superlative shape meaning 'the nearer', built into the word from the root, and it heads a possessive pairing 'the nearer of the two parties'. Its subject ending marks it as the doer of the killing verb.

  From: Sincerity and Hypocrisy →

• أَدْنَى إِلَى الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَرَادَ،

  nearer to the ground that he intended,

  أَدْنَى — nearer. This is a comparative describing word ('nearer'), formed on Arabic's standard 'more X' pattern. It restates the outcome of the measuring and behaves as a predicate, taking the accusative form because the earlier 'found/was' framing governs it.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →

• وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَصْبِرُ بِأَدْنَى حَمْلٍ عَلَى النَّفْسِ

  And among them are those who endure even the slightest burden upon the self.

  بِأَدْنَى — with the slightest. The preposition 'bi-' (with) fused onto a superlative-style adjective 'the very least', which 'bi-' puts in the genitive. The phrase marks the small measure at which they manage to bear up.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →