أقربcloser

Example sentences

• وَلَا تطلبني من غَيْرك فَأَنا أقرب إِلَيْك مِنْهُ

  And do not seek Me from anyone else, for I am closer to you than them.

  أَقْرَبُ — closer. A comparative / elative 'nearer', the predicate, nominative — 'I am nearer'. The elative form (one shape for 'more / most') sets up the comparison.

  From: Remembering and Loving God →

• فَهَذَا أقرب الْخلق إِلَيْهِ

  So this one is the closest of creation to Him.

  أَقْرَبُ — closest. An elative, 'nearest', heading an 'of' pairing, 'the nearest of creation', as the predicate. The elative pattern turns 'near' into 'most near'; set bare before its partner it needs no 'of'.

  From: Accepting God's Decree →