حَمَامdoves

Example sentences

• وَأرْسل حَمَامَتَيْنِ فاتخذتا هُنَاكَ عشا جعل على أبصار الطالبين غشاوة

  And He sent two doves that made a nest there, creating a veil over the seekers' eyes.

  حَمَامَتَيْنِ — two doves. The object of 'sent', a dual (the '-ayn' ending) — 'exactly two doves', accusative. The dual folds 'two' into the noun's shape; English must add the word 'two'.

  From: The Night of the Migration →