هُرَيْرَةَ Huraira in Arabic
هُرَيْرَةَ is how you say “Huraira” in Arabic.
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عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ
Narrated by Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him:
هُرَيْرَةَ Huraira
The owner in 'father of ___', completing the nickname (literally 'little kitten'). As a proper name of this shape it is a diptote, showing a plain '-a' for the genitive and refusing the indefinite '-n'.
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عن أبي هريرة ، قال
Narrated Abu Hurayrah, he said:
هريرة Hurayrah
A proper name, Hurayra, completing 'Abu Hurayra'. It continues in the owned form under the preposition's reach; together the two words name the well-known companion.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ـ قَالَ
Narrated Abu Hurayrah, may God be pleased with him, said:
هُرَيْرَةَ Hurayrah
The personal name completing the by-name 'father of Hurayra', the second half of the possessive pairing begun by the previous word. The two words together form one fixed kunya; it carries no separate 'the' because the pairing itself is definite.
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "O Abu Hurayrah, what did your captive do last night?"
هُرَيْرَةَ Hurayrah
The personal name completing the by-name 'father of Hurayra', the second half of the called-out kunya. The two words read as one fixed unit of address; it carries no separate 'the' because the pairing is already definite.
فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to me, O Abu Huraira, what has your captive done?
هُرَيْرَةَ Huraira
The personal name completing the by-name 'father of Hurayra', the second half of the called-out kunya. The two words read as one fixed unit of address, definite by the pairing itself.
تَعْلَمُ مَنْ تُخَاطِبُ مُنْذُ ثَلاَثِ لَيَالٍ يَا أَبَ هُرَيْرَةَ
You know whom you have been addressing for three nights, O Abu Hurayrah.
هُرَيْرَةَ Hurayrah
The completing half of the 'father of...' by-name, set straight after it to finish the nickname; the two together name the addressee. Standing as the second piece of that pairing, it takes the form that locks it to the 'father of' element.
أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، كَانَ يَقُولُ آللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
Abu Hurayrah used to say, "Allah, there is no deity except Him."
هُرَيْرَةَ Hurayrah
The name completing the by-name begun just before, standing beside it as the second half of 'Abu Hurayrah'. Together they name the Companion the report is about.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ
Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
هُرَيْرَةَ Hurayrah
The second half of the teknonym, completing the narrator's by-name in the 'of'-type ending. Together with the previous word it names the source the report is taken from.
قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمَصُّ إِصْبَعَهُ
Abu Hurayrah said: I seem to see the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, sucking his finger.
هُرَيْرَةَ Hurayrah
The completing half of the 'Abu ...' name, set right after it with no word for 'of'. As the owner term of the name-pair it takes the genitive role; as a name it keeps one fixed ending.