أَمْرٍimportant matter

Example sentences

• وَاللَّهِ إِنْ جَاءَ بِهِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ إِلَّا لِأَمْرٍ

  By God, if he brought him at this hour, it would be only for an important matter.

  لِأَمْرٍ — for an important matter. A preposition 'for' heading an indefinite noun 'a matter', set in the genitive after it; the exception-frame makes this the sole admitted reason. Left indefinite but heavy by context, it reads 'for some weighty affair', the cause the oath insists on.

  From: The Secret Migration →

• وَلَمَّا كَانَ طَالِبُ الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ طَالِبَ أَمْرٍ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ نَاكِبُونَ عَنْهُ،

  And when the seeker of the straight path was a seeker of a matter from which most people turn away,

  أَمْرٍ — a matter. An indefinite noun, 'a matter / affair', completing the 'seeker of a matter' pair and genitive as the owner. Left indefinite, it keeps the sought thing general, then the following clause specifies it as something most people shun. It bears the description that comes next.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →

• مَا أَعْجَبَ أَمْرُكَ يَا مَنْ يَوْقِنُ بِأَمْرٍ ثُمَّ يَنْسَاهُ،

  How astonishing is your affair, O you who are certain of a matter and then forget it,

  بِأَمْرٍ — of a matter. The prefix bi- ('of/about') is a preposition that ties the certainty to its object and forces that noun into the 'of...' ending. The noun has no 'the', so it is left general, 'some matter', which fits the point that a person is sure about a vague something.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →

• فَإِذَا اِجْتَمَعُوا أَمَرْتُ أَصْغَرَكُمْ بِأَمْرٍ فَلْيَغْفِلْ عَنْهُ

  When they gather, I have commanded your youngest concerning a matter, so let him be unaware of it.

  بِأَمْرٍ — with a matter. Preposition bi- on an indefinite noun, putting it in the genitive. With this verb of ordering, bi- marks the matter as the content of the command, what the youngest is being told to do.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →