حَفْصَةُHafsa

Example sentences

• كَانَتْ حَفْصَةُ تَتَرَحَّمُ عَلَى هُذَيْلِ،

  Hafsa was praying for mercy for Hudhayl.

  حَفْصَةُ — Hafsa. A feminine proper name, the subject of the 'used to' verb before it. As a name it is definite in itself and takes the plain subject-form ending. Though it follows the verb, it is the doer of the habitual action described, normal Arabic verb-first order.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →

• فَحِزْبٌ فِيهِ عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ وَصَفِيَّةُ وَسَوْدَةُ،

  One group in it consisted of Aisha, Hafsa, Safiyya, and Sawda.

  وَحَفْصَةُ — and Hafsa. The wa- here is a simple list-joining 'and', stringing the next name onto the roster; Arabic repeats this connector before every item rather than only before the last. The name keeps the same subject ending, marking it as another member of the same group.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• عَائِشَةُ وَحَفْصَةُ ـ ثُمَّ قَالَ ـ

  Aisha and Hafsa — then he said —

  وَحَفْصَةُ — and Hafsa. The wa- here is plain 'and', joining this second name to the first in a simple two-item list. Such wa- linking puts the joined word in step with the one before it.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →