إيمانfaith

Example sentences

• وَصِدْقِ مَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُهُ وَمَا لَمْ يُبَاشِرْ قَلْبُهُ ذَلِكَ حَقِيقَةً لَمْ تُخَالِطْ بَشَاشَةُ الْإِيمَانِ قَلْبَهُ

  And the truth of what His Messenger has conveyed — whoever's heart has not experienced that reality, the sweetness of faith has not entered his heart.

  الْإِيمَانِ — faith. The owner half of the pairing, 'the faith', so 'the sweetness of faith'. As the possessor it takes the genitive ending and keeps its own 'the'.

  From: Proofs of Scripture →

• وَحب الله رَسُوله أوثق عرى الْإِيمَان

  And the love of Allah and His Messenger is the strongest bond of faith.

  الإِيمَانِ — of faith. This noun carries 'the' and is itself the owner closing a further pairing, 'of faith'. Its genitive ending marks what the handholds belong to, chaining the possessives into 'the firmest handhold of faith'.

  From: Sincerity and Hypocrisy →