أَحَدِeither of

Example sentences

• وَاحْذَرْ أَنْ تَتَبَّعَ سَبِيلَ أَحَدِ رَجُلَيْنِ

  And beware that you follow the path of either of two men:

  أحدِ — either of. A noun meaning 'one of', the owning half of the 'of' pairing, set directly beside the path-noun with no separate 'of'. It picks out a single member from the pair named next, so the structure reads 'the path of one of (the two)'.

  From: Guidance for the Seeker →

• فَإِذَا كَانَتْ عِنْدَ أَحَدِهِمْ هَدِيَّةٌ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُهْدِيَهَا،

  So when one of them had a gift that he wanted to give,

  أَحَدِهِمْ — one of them. A noun meaning 'one of' with the 'them' ending attached, naming an unspecified member of the group; one word for English's three. Governed by the possession-word before it, it sits in the genitive, and the suffix points back to the wider company.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ

  from one of you

  أَحَدِكُمْ — one of you all. This noun ('one') is fused with an attached plural pronoun meaning 'of you all', so one word means 'one of you'. It sits in the genitive as the object of the preceding 'from', and the suffix marks the group the single person is picked out from.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →

• حِينَ يَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ

  When he repents to Him from one of you.

  أَحَدِكُمْ — one of you. This noun ('one') is fused with an attached plural pronoun meaning 'of you all', so it means 'one of you'. It sits in the genitive as the object of the preceding 'from', and the suffix names the group the individual is drawn from.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →