أَرْبَعَfour

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ تَجَاوَزَ عَدَدُ مُؤَلَّفَاتِهِ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ كِتَابٍ

  The number of his authored works exceeded four hundred books.

  أَرْبَعَ — four. A number word, 'four', heading 'four hundred'. Arabic ties the number to the thing counted through the hundred-word that follows, and the unit-number pairs with it to build the larger figure.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →

• قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْأَرْبَعَ جِهَاتٌ تَدْخُلُهَا الْمُشَارَكَةُ فِي الْأَعْمَالِ

  He said: Because the four directions are where association enters into deeds.

  الْأَرْبْع — the four. The number 'four', made definite by al- ('the'), here the topic that the emphatic 'that' fronts, so it takes the object (accusative) ending that 'anna' imposes on the noun it grips. It names the four directions being explained.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →