قَدَحَdefame

Example sentences

• فَظَهَرَ أَنَّ مَنْ أَنْكَرَ كَوْنَهُ رَسُولًا نَبِيًّا فَقَدْ قَدَحَ بِاللَّهِ وَنَقَصَهُ وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى الْجَهْلِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالسَّفَهِ

  It became clear that whoever denies his being a Messenger and Prophet has indeed defamed God, diminished Him, and attributed ignorance, inability, and folly to Him.

  قَدَحَ — he defamed. This is a plain past-tense verb meaning to slander or impugn, with its 'he' subject built in, the doer being the denier. It governs its object through the preposition that follows, setting up 'cast a slur against'.

  From: Signs of the Messenger in Medina →

• قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُ الْقَدَحَ

  He said, so I took the cup.

  الْقَدَحَ — the cup. The noun 'cup' made definite by 'the', the object of 'took' and so in the object form; the definiteness points to the specific cup already in the scene. It is the thing taken. The object-form ending shows it receives the action.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلَىَّ الْقَدَحَ،

  Then he hands the cup back to me.

  الْقَدَحَ — the cup. The noun 'cup' made definite by 'the', the object returned, in the object form; the definiteness points to the same specific cup. It receives the action of returning. The ending marks it as the object.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْقَدَحَ،

  Then he hands the cup back to me.

  الْقَدَحَ — the cup. The noun 'cup' made definite by 'the', the object returned, in the object form; it points to the same specific cup. It receives the action. The ending marks it as the object.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• فَأَخَذَ الْقَدَحَ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى يَدِهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَتَبَسَّمَ

  Then he took the cup, placed it on his hand, looked at me, and smiled.

  الْقَدَحَ — the cup. The noun 'cup' made definite by 'the', the object taken, in the object form; the definiteness points to the same specific cup. It receives the action of taking. The ending marks it as the object.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →