أَمْثَالlikes

Example sentences

• وأمثال ذَلِك

  And the likes of that.

  وَأَمْثَالُ — and the likes of. 'and the likes of' — 'wa' plus 'amthal', nominative, and head of an 'of' pairing with 'that'. Broken plural of 'mithl'; it gathers in all similar cases.

  From: The Declaration of Faith →

• وتفهم علومه وأمثاله والاعتناء بمواعظه

  And understand its sciences and parables, and pay attention to its lessons.

  وَأَمْثَالِهِ — and parables. Joined by 'and,' another broken plural — 'its parables / likenesses' — owned by the Book. It extends the object of understanding from the sciences to the illustrative images the Book uses.

  From: Devotion to the Quran →