أُذُنear

Example sentences

• حرِّس بوابةَ عينيك وأُذنيك؛

  Guard the gates of your eyes and ears;

  وأُذُنَيْكَ — and your ears. 'and your two ears,' the dual '-ayn' again with 'your,' joined by 'and.' The second half of the sensory gateway. Guard both eyes and ears — what you watch and what you hear — for they shape your nature.

  From: Guarding Your Attention →

• فإذا كثروا وثقل عليهم الحديث، قال إن الأذن مجاجة، وإن القلوب حمضة

  When they became many, and the talk became burdensome on them, he said, 'Indeed, the ears become tired, and indeed, the hearts become sour.'

  الأُذُنَ — the ears. Definite by al' and in the accusative -a because the 'indeed' particle opens the clause and grips it, though it is the topic.

  From: Reviving the Heart →

• فإن الأذن مجة والقلب حمض

  For the ear grows bored and the heart grows weary

  الأُذُنَ — the ear. Definite by al' and in the accusative -a because the 'indeed' particle grips it as its subject, though it is the topic of its clause.

  From: Stories That Soften the Heart →

• فإن الأذن مجاجة والقلب ذو تقلب

  For the ear grows weary and the heart is fickle.

  الأُذُنَ — the ear. This is 'the ear' with the attached 'al-' marking it as definite, a specific known thing rather than just any ear. It carries an accusative ending here not because it is an object but because the emphasis word inna in front of it grammatically pulls the following noun into that case. So its shape is being governed from a distance by that earlier particle.

  From: Stories That Soften the Heart →

• إن الأذن مجاجة والقلب حمض

  Indeed, the ear grows weary and the heart grows weary.

  الأُذُنَ — the ear. This is 'the ear', definite through 'al-'. It is the topic of the emphasis sentence, and it wears the accusative ending purely because the particle 'inna' immediately before it requires that case of the following noun. Its meaning is the subject; its ending is governed by the particle.

  From: Stories That Soften the Heart →