جَعْفَرJa'far

Example sentences

• وكذلك ملأ ترجمة جعفر بن سليمان بما يروى عن مالك بن دينار ونظرائه،

  Similarly, he filled the biography of Ja'far ibn Suleiman with what is narrated from Malik ibn Dinar and his peers,

  جَعْفَرَ — Ja'far. A man's name, the owned half of 'biography of Ja'far', in the owned-by ending, and itself head of the 'son of' link next. So it is owned by 'biography' and anchors the lineage following.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →

• قَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ

  Ja'far ibn Muhammad said:

  جَعْفَرُ — Ja'far. A masculine proper name serving as the doer of the saying, in the basic (nominative) shape a subject takes after its verb. It identifies who spoke. The patronymic that follows narrows the identity.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →