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آدَمِيّ human in Arabic

آدَمِيّ is how you say “human” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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.

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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

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