حَدِيدٌiron

Example sentences

• وَأَصْعَبُ مِنْ الْحَدِيدِ

  And harder than iron.

  الْحَدِيدِ — the iron. This noun is the object of the comparative 'than', so it sits in the (genitive); its al- makes it definite, 'the iron'. It is the standard the believer's hardness is measured against. Its case is governed by the comparative preposition.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →

• فَرَأَى الْجُرْذَ يَحْفُرُ بِمَخَالِبِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ

  Then he saw the rat digging with iron claws.

  حَدِيدٍ — iron. A material noun, 'iron', in the 'of'-style ending because the preposition before it governs it. Left indefinite, it names the metal in general. It completes the 'of iron' phrase, stressing the unnatural, formidable claws the rat used to gnaw through the dam.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →