مَثَلٌexample

Example sentences

• فمن كان خطؤه لتفريطه فيما يجب عليه من اتباع القرآن والإيمان مثلا،

  Whoever errs due to negligence in following the Qur'an and faith, for example,

  مَثَلًا — for example. 'for example, say', accusative adverb — 'by way of example'.

  From: Judging by Revelation →

• وَقَدْ ضَرَبْتُ لِذَلِكَ مَثَلَيْنِ، فَلْيَكُونَا مِنْكَ عَلَى بَالٍ

  I have already given two examples for that, so keep them in mind:

  مَثَلَيْنِ — two examples. This noun is in the dual, Arabic's dedicated 'exactly two' form, so the count 'two' is folded into the word's ending rather than spoken as a separate number. It is the object of 'I struck', set in the object form. So one word says 'two examples' and marks them as what was given.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →

• الْمَثَلُ الْأَوَّلُ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ،

  The first example: a man went out of his house to pray.

  الْمَثَلُ — the example. A definite noun, 'the example', used here as the heading of the section that follows, like a title standing on its own. Its al- marks it as the specific example about to be told. It opens a label-then-explanation structure rather than a full sentence.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →