عِمْرَانImran

Example sentences

• وَإِن تعلق أَمر الدّين بِهِ كَقَوْلِه تَعَالَى آل عمرَان وَلَا تهنوا وَلَا تحزنوا وَأَنْتُم الأعلون إِن كُنْتُم مُؤمنين

  And if the matter of religion relates to it, as in His saying in Al-Imran: 'Do not weaken and do not grieve, for you will be superior if you are believers.'

  عِمْرَانَ — Imran. Second part of the chapter name, 'Imran', completing 'Family of Imran'. As a foreign personal name it does not take the usual indefinite ending; it sits in the owned position naming the chapter.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →

• أَنشَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ التَّمِيمِيُّ قَاضِيُ الْمَدِينَةِ

  Muhammad ibn Imran al-Tamimi, the judge of the city, recited.

  عِمْرَانَ — Imran. The father's name closing the 'son of...' pairing as its owner, so it takes the genitive 'of' ending that fuses the lineage tag together. The case is set by its slot in the name chain, not by the wider sentence.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →