أَحْوَالconditions

Example sentences

• أحوال الناس في العيد تشبه أحوالهم يوم القيامة

  People's conditions during Eid resemble their conditions on the Day of Judgment.

  أَحْوَالُ — conditions. This is the first half of 'conditions of the people', a plural noun and the subject of the sentence, so it stands in the subject case. It owns the link with the noun after it and gives up its own 'the', taking definiteness from that following noun.

  From: Celebration and the Final Hour →

• أحوال الناس في العيد تشبه أحوالهم يوم القيامة

  People's conditions during Eid resemble their conditions on the Day of Judgment.

  أَحْوَالَهُمْ — their conditions. This is the first half of 'their conditions', the object of 'resemble', so it stands in the object case, with -hum 'their' attached. The noun and 'their' form an 'of' link; 'their' points back to the people.

  From: Celebration and the Final Hour →

• وإنما يراد من ذكرهم شرْح أحوالهم وأخلاقهم ليقتدي بها السالك،

  The purpose of mentioning them is to explain their states and morals, so that the seeker may emulate them.

  أَحْوَالِهِمْ — their states. A noun, 'their states / conditions', with 'their' attached as possessor, the owned half of 'explanation of their states'. The suffix marks whose states, and the noun completes the possessive pairing.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →