دَرْدَاءDarda

Example sentences

• وقال أبو الدرداء إني لأستجم نفسي ببعض الباطل كراهية أن أحمل عليها من لحق ما يكلها

  And Abu al-Darda said, 'Indeed, I refresh myself with some idle talk, fearing that I might burden it with so much truth that it becomes weary.'

  الدَّرْدَاءِ — al-Darda. The owned, second name in the kunya 'father of al-Darda', so it sits in the genitive; adjacency builds the name with no word for 'of'.

  From: Reviving the Heart →

• وقال أبو الدرداء

  And Abu Darda said:

  الدَّرْدَاءِ — Darda. This completes the name as the second part of the 'father of...' pairing, so it sits in the genitive as the owned element. Its 'al-' makes it definite, fixing the reference to one specific person.

  From: Health as a Blessing →