فَجْرdawn

Example sentences

• ومع كل فجرٍ جديد، اجعل نيتك أوّل عملك، وابتسم سرًّا حين تنتصر على نفسك في أمر صغير؛

  With each new dawn, make your intention your first action, and smile secretly when you overcome yourself in a small matter.

  فَجْرٍ — dawn. 'fajr' = 'dawn'; the 'of' word after 'kull', so 'every dawn'.

  From: Small Daily Habits →

• فَمَا طلع الْفجْر الا وَهِي بالمينا

  The dawn had not broken before they were at the port.

  الْفَجْرُ — the dawn. The subject of 'rose', nominative ('-u'), definite — daybreak. What had scarcely risen.

  From: Stages of the Seeker →

• فلبثت والقدح على يدى أنتظر استيقاظهما حتى برق الفجر والصبية يتضاغون عند قدمى فاستيقظا فشربا غبوقهما

  So I waited with the vessel in my hand until dawn broke, and the children were crying at my feet. They then awoke and drank their evening drink.

  الْفَجْرُ — the dawn. This noun is the subject of 'broke', following its verb, so it takes the plain (nominative) ending; the al- makes it definite. It names dawn as the thing that arrived, marking the close of the long night's wait.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →