إِمَام leader in Arabic
إِمَام is how you say “leader” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
ومن بايع إماماً فأعطاه صفقة يده، وثمرة قلبه، فليطعه إن استطاع،
And whoever gives allegiance to an Imam, giving him a handshake and sincerity of his heart, let him obey him if he is able,
إِمَامًا to an Imam
This indefinite noun, 'a leader', is the object of the pledging, taking the object ending. Its indefinite form presents the leader generally, any imam such a pledge might be given to.
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جد سيدنا ومولانا الإمام الواجبة ومخالفه جاهلي في مذهبي
The ancestor of our master and lord, the Imam whose obedience is obligatory, and whoever opposes him is ignorant in my view.
ٱلْإِمَامُ the Imam
The al- makes this definite, 'the Imam'. It stands in apposition to the titles before it, renaming the same person, and a description of him follows.
قال ما استقامت لكم أئمتكم،
He said: 'As long as your leaders are upright.'
أَئِمَّتُكُمْ your leaders
A plural noun, 'leaders', with the attached -kum (your) marking the owners; it is the subject of 'stay upright'. The suffix ties the leaders to the addressed group: 'your leaders'.
قال الامام الحافظ أبو الفضل القاضي عياض ﵀
Imam Al-Hafiz Abu Al-Fadl Qadi Iyad, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
الإِمَامُ Imam
A title-noun 'the Imam' with al- ('the'), opening the chain of titles naming the speaker; as the doer of 'said' it stands in the nominative. The following titles and name all describe this same person in apposition. Arabic stacks such descriptive titles directly, one after another.