أَئِمَّةًleaders

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ وَبِقَوْلِهِ إِهْتَدَى الْمُهْتَدُونَ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُوا

  He, the Exalted, said: By His word the rightly guided were guided, and We made from among them leaders who guide by Our command because they were patient.

  أَئِمَّةً — leaders. An indefinite plural noun naming leaders, sitting as the second object of 'made' (the thing they were turned into). Its indefiniteness and accusative ending mark it as the new status conferred on the subset.

  From: Patience and God's Help →