أَوَّلَfirst

Example sentences

• وَإِنَّا نُقَلِّبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَّا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ

  And indeed We will cause their hearts and their sights to turn just as they did not believe in it the first time.

  أَوَّلَ — first. An ordinal 'first' in the object case, modifying the time-noun after it to mean 'the first time'. As part of an adverbial time phrase it tells when the disbelief happened.

  From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →

• وَنَقْلِبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَّا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ

  And We turn their hearts and their sights just as they did not believe in it the first time.

  أَوَّلَ — first. An ordinal 'first' in the object case modifying the time-noun after it, 'the first time'. It is part of an adverbial phrase fixing when the disbelief happened.

  From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →

• إن أول الناس يقضى يوم القيامة عليه رجل اسُتشهد، فأتي به، فعرفه نعمته، فعرفها، قال فما عملت فيها؟

  Indeed, the first of the people to be judged on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who was martyred. He will be brought, and Allah will make him recognize His blessings, and he will recognize them, and He will say: 'What did you do with them?'

  أَوَّلَ — the first. This noun is the subject of the 'indeed' statement, so it takes the accusative that 'indeed' imposes on its subject. It heads a possessive pairing with 'the people' next, 'the first of the people', singling out who comes first at judgment.

  From: Intentions on Judgment Day →