جِبْرِيلُGabriel

Example sentences

• قَالَ ذَلِكَ جِبْرِيلُ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ

  Gabriel, peace be upon him, said that.

  جِبْرِيلُ — Gabriel. The angel's proper name, here the named doer of the speaking verb that opened the sentence, in the basic subject form. It supplies who actually said the reported words.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• قُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى

  I said, "O Gabriel, even if he stole and even if he committed adultery?"

  جِبْرِيلُ — Gabriel. The angel's proper name in direct address after the calling particle, standing in the form Arabic uses for the one summoned. It names whom the question is put to.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ جَاءَكُمْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ دِينَكُمْ

  This is Gabriel; he came to you to teach you your religion.

  جِبْرِيلُ — Gabriel. A proper name 'Gabriel' as the predicate of the equational sentence, in the subject (nominative) form. It identifies who the 'this' refers to, completing 'this is Gabriel'.

  From: Faith and Worship →