أَخَاهُhis brother

Example sentences

• فَقُلْتُ إِنْ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِفُلاَنٍ خَيْرًا ـ يُرِيدُ أَخَاهُ ـ يَأْتِي بِهِ

  So I said, If Allah wills good for someone, his brother will want to bring him.

  أَخَاهُ — his brother. A noun fused with 'his', 'his brother', the doer of the wanting; its ending marks the subject and the attached 'his' names whose brother. One word holds noun, possessor, and role.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →

• لَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى وَأَخَاهُ هَارُونَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ قَالَ

  When God sent Moses and his brother Aaron to Pharaoh, He said:

  وَأَخَاهُ — and his brother. The wa- here is 'and', joining a second person to the one already sent. The noun means 'brother', and glued to its end is -hu, the 'his' possessor pointing back to the first person named, so one word means 'and his brother'. The object-form shape marks it too as something being sent.

  From: Under God's Shield →