آدَمِيhuman

Example sentences

• وَبِهَذَا الْقَدْرِ فُضِّلَ الآدَمِيُّ عَلَى الْبَهَائِمِ

  This is why humans are preferred over animals.

  الْآدَمِيُّ — humans. Subject of the passive verb, nominative — the one shown preference. Singular in form but standing for humankind as a type.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• وَالآدَمِيُّ يَمْتَنِعُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ بِقَهْرِ عَقْلِهِ لِطَبْعِهِ

  And the human refrains from that by subduing his nature with reason.

  وَالْآدَمِيُّ — and the human. The topic set up front, nominative, after 'and'; singular in form but standing for the human as a type, set against the animals just described.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →