آمِنًاin safety

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ أَلاَ أَرَاكَ تَطُوفُ بِمَكَّةِ آمِنًا،

  So Abu Jahl said to him, "Do I not see you moving about in Mecca in safety?"

  آمِنًا — in safety. An object-shaped (accusative) word doing circumstantial work — describing *how/in what state* the roaming is done: safely, unmolested. Arabic uses this accusative state to fold 'while secure' into a single word.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا بَيْتًا مَحْجُوجًا وَحَرَمًا آمِنًا،

  And make for us a well-protected house and a safe sanctuary,

  آمِنًا — safe. A describing word following the 'sanctuary' it modifies, telling which kind is asked for. As an Arabic adjective it sits after its noun and copies the noun's indefinite, object-marking ending, so it agrees with and trails the sanctuary.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →