جَهْلٍJahl

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?"

  جَهْلٍ — Jahl. The second half of the 'father of...' byname, in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the kunya before it owns it. It completes the speaker's name.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ اِسْتَنْفَرَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ النَّاسَ قَالَ أَدْرِكُوا عِيرَكُمْ

  When the day of Badr came, Abu Jahl roused the people and said, "Save your caravan!"

  جَهْلٍ — Jahl. The second half of the 'father of...' byname, in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the kunya head owns it. It completes the leader's name.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبُو صَفْوَانَ،

  Then Abu Jahl came to him and said, "O Abu Safwan,"

  جَهْلٍ — Jahl. The second half of the 'father of...' byname, in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the kunya head owns it. It completes the name.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ أَبُو جَهْلٍ حَتَّى قَالَ أَمَّا إِذْ غَلَبْتَنِي،

  So Abu Jahl did not cease at him until he said, "As for when you have overcome me,"

  جَهْلٍ — Jahl. The second half of the 'father of...' byname, in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the kunya head owns it. It completes the name.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• قَالَ أَبُو فِرَاسٍ أَرْوَحُ الْقَلْبَ بِبَعْضِ الْهَزْلِ تَجَاهُلًا مِنِّي بِغَيْرِ جَهْلٍ،

  Abu Firas said: I enliven the heart with some levity, feigning indifference, but not out of ignorance.

  جَهْلٍ — ignorance. An indefinite noun naming the ruled-out motive, ignorance, completing the 'not out of...' phrase before it. Sitting in the owned-by slot of that phrase it takes the genitive ending, reading 'not out of ignorance'.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →