نَاصِرٌhelper

Example sentences

• الخامس أن الضمير في رجعه هو الضمير في قوله ﴿فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلا نَاصِرٍ﴾

  The fifth is that the pronoun in 'bring him back' is the same pronoun in His saying, 'So he has no strength or helper.'

  نَاصِرٍ — helper. This noun 'helper' is the second thing denied, in the genitive carried over from the same 'from any' negation frame. Indefinite and under negation, it means 'nor any helper'; its genitive ending matches 'strength' in the parallel denial.

  From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →

• وَكَانَ النَّاصِرُ لَهُ مَيْلٌ إِلَى الشِّيْعَةِ،

  And al-Nasir had an inclination toward the Shi'a,

  النَّاصِرُ — al-Nasir. A proper name 'al-Nasir', the subject of the 'to be' verb and so in the subject case. It names whose inclination is being described, set up by the verb just before it.

  From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →