ملكking

Example sentences

• هان سهر الحرّاس لما علمُوا أَن أَصْوَاتهم بسمع الْملك

  The vigil of the guards became easy when they knew their voices reached the king's ears.

  الْمَلِكِ — the king. The owner completing 'the hearing of the king', genitive, definite. The sovereign whose ear caught their voices, making the watch light.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →

• قُلْتُ لَهُ وَلَا يَنْتَقِضُ هَذَا بِالْمُلُوكِ الظَّلَمَةِ الَّذِينَ مَكَّنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَقْتًا مَا

  I said to him, 'This is not refuted by the oppressive kings whom God empowered on the earth for a period of time.'

  بِالْمُلُوكِ — by the kings. This noun carries 'the' and is plural, naming kings, with the preposition 'with/by' fused to its front, so 'by the kings'. The preposition marks the supposed instrument of refutation, governing the noun into the prepositional form.

  From: Signs of the Messenger in Medina →