آدَمِيّhuman

Example sentences

• فأتاهم ملك في صورة آدمي فجعلوه بينهم أي حكماً

  Then an angel came to them in the form of a human, and they made him a judge among them.

  آدَمِيٍّ — a human. This completes 'the form of a human', in the genitive as owner. The word is a belonging-adjective in '-i', literally 'a son-of-Adam / human one'. So the angel appeared in human shape to arbitrate.

  From: Righteous Company →

• وبيان ذلك أن الله قد خلق للآدمي آلة يدافع بها عن نفسه الضرر وآلة يجتلب بها النفع،

  And the explanation for this is that Allah has created for humans tools to defend themselves from harm and tools to bring about benefit,

  لِلْآدَمِيِّ — for the human. The attached particle here marks the beneficiary, 'for', governing the following noun. It links the creating to whom it was done for: it marks the human as the one provided for.

  From: Trust in God →

• الحمد لله الذي أنشأ الآدمي من ماء مهين ضعيف وقوى،

  Praise be to Allah, who created man from a weak and humble fluid and strengthened him.

  الآدَمِيَّ — man. This definite noun is the thing created and sits in the object ending, not the subject ending. The 'the' marks humankind as a specific known category, and the object ending shows it receives the act of creation rather than performing it.

  From: All Creation Praises Him →