مِثْلِlike

Example sentences

• فَهَلْ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الضَّرْبِ خَيْرٌ؟

  So is there any good in people of this sort?

  مِثْلِ — like. This word means 'the like of' and works as the head of a possessive pairing: it owns the demonstrative that follows, giving 'the likes of this'. It sits in the 'of...' (genitive) shape after the preposition 'fi', and by passing its ownership down the chain it keeps the whole phrase tied together.

  From: Sincerity in Prophetic Knowledge →

• فَقَالَ لَهُ الثَّانِيَةُ مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ فَاعْرِضْ عَنْهُ

  Then the second one said the same thing to him, so turn away from him.

  مِثْلِ — like that. A noun meaning 'the like of', set up to govern the demonstrative after it: 'the like of that', i.e. the same thing. It works as what was said. Arabic chains this noun straight onto 'that' to build 'the same as that'.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →

• لِيَعْلَمَ فِرْعَوْنُ حِينَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا أَنَّ مَقْدَرَتُهُ تَعْجِزُ عَنْ مِثْلِ مَا أُوتِيتُمَا،

  Pharaoh will know when he looks at it that his power cannot match what you two were given.

  مِثْلِ — the like of. This noun means 'the like of' and heads a possessive pairing with the relative clause that follows, so it reads 'the equal of what...'. Governed by the preposition before it, it sits in the governed form. It is the standard the power is said to fall short of.

  From: Under God's Shield →

• فَإِنَّكَ تَصِيرُ إِلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ

  So indeed you will come to such a place on the earth.

  مِثْلِ — a thing like. A noun meaning 'likeness/the like of', which opens a possessive pair, 'the like of this', with the demonstrative after it as its owner. Following the preposition it takes the post-preposition case. Being the first of the pair, it links forward to what it is the like of.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →