إِمَامُLeader

Example sentences

• إِمَامُ الْجَمَاعَةِ، وَفَارِسُ حَلْبَةِ هَذِهِ الصِّنَاعَةِ،

  Leader of the community, and champion of the arena of this craft,

  إِمَامُ — Leader. An honorific noun 'leader/imam', heading a possessive pairing with 'the community' that follows. As lead term of the construct it takes definiteness from the second term. It opens another eulogizing title, naming him head of the believing community.

  From: Public Preaching →

• فَإِذَا فَرَغُوا أَخَذَ هَذَا الْإِمَامُ الْغَرِيبُ الشَّأْنُ فِي إِيرَادِ خُطْبَتِهِ عَجَلًا مُبْتَدِرًا،

  When they had finished, this imam of uncommon standing hurriedly began to deliver his sermon.

  الْإِمَامُ — the imam. A definite noun 'the imam', the subject of the 'began' verb, paired with the demonstrative before it ('this imam'). It takes the subject-style ending. The al- makes it definite, and the stacked epithets that follow describe this same figure.

  From: Public Preaching →