مَوْتٌdeath

Example sentences

• فانطلق حتى إذا نصف الطريق أتاه الموت،

  He set out until when he was halfway there, death came to him.

  الْمَوْتُ — death. This is the subject of 'came', landing after its verb in Arabic's verb-first order — 'death came to him'. Its nominative ending marks the doer. Death overtakes him before he can reach the righteous land.

  From: Righteous Company →

• حتى يصير شيخًا مهينا، ثم يصير إلى الموت، فيصير جيفة منتنة

  until he becomes a feeble old man, then he reaches death, becoming a decayed corpse.

  الْمَوْتِ — death. The noun governed by 'to', in that preposition's form, its 'the' marking death as the one known end. It is what he finally arrives at.

  From: A Path to Mercy →

• ثم ينسى ما بعد الموت من أهوال القبر وسؤال منكر ونكير،

  Then forgets what comes after death: the horrors of the grave and the questioning by Munkar and Nakir,

  الْمَوْتِ — death. The noun completing 'after', naming death, its 'the' marking it as the one known event. It is the point the listed horrors come 'after'.

  From: A Path to Mercy →

• وحياتك قبل موتك

  And your life before your death.

  مَوْتِكَ — your death. A noun 'death' with an attached 'your' fused on, completing the 'before' phrase: before your death. The possessor rides on the suffix; it names the final deadline.

  From: Seize the Days You Have →

• فَإِنْ بَاغَتْهُ الْمَوْتُ، يُرَى مُسْتَعِدًّا،

  If death suddenly overtakes him, he will be found ready.

  الْمَوْتُ — death. The al- marks this as definite, 'death' as the known certainty, and it is the postponed subject of the condition-verb, so it takes the doer-style nominative ending. It names what does the overtaking inside the 'if' clause.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →