غِفَارٍGhifar

Example sentences

• قَالَ وَيْلَكُمْ أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مِنْ غِفَارٍ وَأَنَّ طَرِيقَ تِجَارِكُمْ إِلَى الشَّأْمِ فَأَنْقَذَهُ مِنْهُمْ،

  He said, "Woe to you! Do you not know that he is from Ghifar and that your merchants travel to Syria, so he rescued him from them?"

  غِفَارٍ — Ghifar. A tribal name standing in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the 'from' just before it governs it. As the origin-point of the man being discussed, it completes the 'he is from...' claim.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →