أصحابcompanions

Example sentences

• من ذَا الَّذِي سبق إِلَى الْإِيمَان من أَصْحَابه

  Who was the first among his companions to embrace faith?

  أَصْحَابِهِ — his companions. A broken plural 'companions' with '-hi' (his) attached, genitive after 'among' — the Prophet's companions. Abu Bakr, first of them to believe.

  From: Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam →

• وَهَؤُلَاء أَصْحَاب رَسُول الله مَعَ أَمِير الْمُؤمنِينَ عَليّ بن أبي طَالب بِأَمْر النَّبِي

  And these are the companions of the Messenger of Allah, with the Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib, by the command of the Prophet.

  أَصْحَابُ — the companions of. This noun is the front of a possessive pairing, 'the companions of the Messenger', and as the head it stays bare of 'the' while taking its definiteness from the owner next. Its subject ending marks it as the description completing 'these are the companions'.

  From: Sincerity and Hypocrisy →