أَوَّلُ first in Arabic
أَوَّلُ is how you say “first” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
أن أول ثلاثة تسجر بهم جهنم
"The first three for whom Hell will be kindled are:
أَوَّلَ first
First term of an 'of' pairing — 'the first of three' — and in the accusative (the '-a') as the noun governed by 'that'. It owns the number that follows and ranks them in order.
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وَتَقُولُ هَذَا آخِرُ يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَعْبَانِ وَأَوَّلُ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانِ،
And she said, "This is the last day of Sha'ban and the first night of Ramadan."
وَأَوَّلُ and the first
The prefixed wa- is 'and', joining a second 'This is...' statement onto the first in parallel. The noun it fronts means 'first' and works just like 'last' did: it is a predicate and also the head of an 'of' pairing with the night-noun. The wa- balances the two halves of her saying.
فَإِنَّهُ أَوَّلُ رَسُولِ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ
So indeed he was the first messenger sent by Allah to the people of the earth.
أَوَّلُ first
An ordinal-style noun meaning 'first', here heading a possessive pairing: it stands in the 'of' form's partner slot and reaches forward to the following noun to say 'first of...'. So it is incomplete on its own and depends on what comes next to name what he is first among.
قَالَ مَا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ
He said, "What are the first signs of the Hour?"
أَوَّلُ first
An ordinal-style noun 'the first' that heads an ownership pairing with 'signs': the first of the signs. As head of the pairing it leans on the noun after it for definiteness, so the chain reads as 'the foremost among the signs'.
أَمَّا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ فَنَارٌ تَحْشُرُ النَّاسَ
As for the first of the signs of the Hour, it is a fire that will gather the people.
أَوَّلُ first
An ordinal noun 'first' heading an ownership pairing with 'signs', set up as the topic by 'as for'. As head it draws definiteness from the noun after it, giving 'the first of the signs'.
وَأَمَّا أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ
As for the first food the people of Paradise will eat.
أَوَّلُ first
An ordinal 'first' heading an ownership pairing with 'food' and set up as this topic by 'as for'. As head it draws definiteness from the noun after it, giving 'the first food'.
فَكَأَنَّهُ قَالَ تَعَالَى يَا اِبْنَ آدَمَ أَنَا الأَوَّلُ
It is as if the Exalted said, "O son of Adam, I am the First."
الأَوَّلُ the First
The divine name 'the First', made definite by al- ('the'), serving as the second half of the verbless 'I am X' statement. Because Arabic equates the two parts with no verb between them, this word completes the identity claimed by the 'I' before it.