إِيمَانٌfaith

Example sentences

• يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّ الإِيمَانَ قَائِدٌ

  O my son, faith is a guide.

  الإِيمَانَ — faith. 'al-' = 'the'; 'iman' = 'faith', so 'the faith'. The '-a' ending is the object form after 'inna'.

  From: Faith as Light →

• 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,

  وَٱلْإِيمَانِ — and faith. 'and faith', joined by 'wa', genitive — paired with following the Quran.

  From: Judging by Revelation →

• فأصول دين السلف الإيمان بالله وكتبه ورسله وملائكته،

  The fundamentals of the religion of the predecessors were faith in Allah, His books, His messengers, His angels,

  الإِيمَانُ — were faith. This is the predicate, a definite verbal noun ('faith / believing') — the foundations 'are FAITH...'. It pairs with the preposition coming next to spell out faith IN what. Being definite frames it as the known, defining thing.

  From: Scripture Over Speculation →

• قَالَ فَمَا الْإِيمَانُ؟

  He said, 'What is faith?'

  الْإِيمَانُ — the faith. A definite noun 'the faith' as the subject of the equational question, in the subject (nominative) form. The question asks what this thing is, and the noun is what is being inquired about.

  From: Faith and Worship →