أُولَىfirst

Example sentences

• هناك، في المسافة الخفية، تُعرَض عليك اختياراتك الأولى أن تستجيب لوطأة العادة، أو أن تؤثر ما يرفعك درجةً في البصيرة

  There, in the hidden distance, your first choices are presented to you: to respond to the pressure of habit, or to prefer what elevates you a degree in insight.

  الأُولَى — first. 'ula' = 'first'; describes 'your choices'.

  From: Small Daily Habits →

• ويُستحب ألّا يرفعَ اليدَ عن العضو حتى يتمَّ مسحَه، وأن ينزعَ الخاتمَ في الضربة الأولى،

  It is recommended not to lift the hand from the limb until its wiping is completed, and to remove the ring in the first strike.

  الأُولَى — the first. 'the first,' the feminine ordinal agreeing with 'strike,' in the -i form. During the FIRST strike removing the ring is merely recommended — a contrast the next sentence sharpens, where it becomes obligatory.

  From: The Practice of Earth Cleansing →

• بخلاف الارتباط الذي بين المبدأ والمعاد والخلق الأول والخلق الثاني والنشأة الأولى والنشأة الثانية

  Unlike the connection between the origin and the resurrection, the first creation and the second creation, and the first life and the second life.

  الأُولَى — the first. This is an ordinal carrying 'the', 'the first', in its feminine shape to agree with the feminine noun before it. Arabic ordinals match the gender of what they describe, so this feminine form pairs with the feminine 'emergence'.

  From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →

• الأولى ترك الصلاة وهي عمود الإخلاص للمعبود

  The first is abandoning prayer, which is the pillar of devotion to the worshiped.

  الْأُولَى — The first. This is an ordinal carrying 'the' in its feminine shape, 'the first', agreeing with the feminine 'trait' understood from before. As a definite noun it heads the sentence as the topic, labelling the first of the four traits.

  From: Prayer and Charity →

• الْكَبِيرَةُ الْأُولَى الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ

  The First Major Sin: Associating partners with Allah.

  الْأُولَى — the first. An ordinal, 'the first', describing the noun before it and matching it in definiteness and gender. As an adjective it follows its noun and agrees fully with it.

  From: The Sin of Idolatry →

• فَأَنْجَبَ مِنْ زَوْجَتِهِ الْأُولَى عَشَرَةً أَوْلَادٍ،

  He had ten children by his first wife.

  الْأُولَى — the first. A definite feminine adjective, 'the first', modifying 'wife' and matching it in being definite, feminine, and in the after-preposition case — Arabic makes the adjective copy its noun fully. That agreement marks it as 'his first wife'.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →