خَيْلُhorses

Example sentences

• وَالْخَيْلُ الْمَوْسُومَةُ وَالْأَنْعَامُ وَالْحَرْثَ فَلِلشَّهَوَاتِ حِيْلَةٍ غِيَارٍ،

  And the branded horses, the livestock, and the cultivated fields — desires have a deceitful device for substitution.

  وَالْخَيْلُ — and the horses. The connector wa- ('and') fused onto a noun carrying al- ('the'). Here wa- resumes the list of worldly attractions from the earlier verse, adding horses to it. The definite article marks the type as known. It opens a noun-phrase that the following adjective will describe.

  From: This World Is Short →

• وَالْخَيْلُ الْمَوْسُومَةُ يَجُولُ بِهَا فِي حَلْبَةِ الْعَجَبِ الْمَغْوَارِ،

  And the branded horses, he ranges about on them in the arena of wondrous valor,

  وَالْخَيْلُ — and the horses. The connector wa- ('and') fused onto a noun carrying al- ('the'), reopening the list with the horses — 'and the horses'. The wa- coordinates this with the earlier worldly items, and the article marks them as specific. It heads a noun-phrase the following adjective will describe.

  From: This World Is Short →