رَبُّLord

Example sentences

• وأمر أيضاً بالحمد بقوله فإذا قال سمع الله لمن حمده فقولوا ربنا ولك الحمد

  And he also commanded praise saying: 'When he says: Allah hears the one who praises Him. You say: Our Lord, to You is the praise.'

  رَبَّنَا — our Lord. 'our Lord' — 'rabb' plus 'our', accusative as a call ('O our Lord'), the 'O' dropped.

  From: The Opening Chapter →

• فَكَذَلِكَ هِيَ هُنَاكَ ﴿وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ﴾

  So that is how it is there, and your Lord is not unjust to the servants.

  رَبُّكَ — your Lord. A noun meaning 'Lord' with the possessive -ka ('your') fused to its end, so owner and owned sit in one word. The suffix addresses a single male listener, and the noun is the subject being said to be 'not unjust' in the denial just opened.

  From: The Bridge to Paradise →

• وأمر أيضاً بالحمد بقوله فإذا قال سمع الله لمن حمده فقولوا ربنا ولك الحمد

  And he also commanded the praise by saying: 'When he says: Allah hears the one who praises Him, say: Our Lord, to You is the praise.'

  رَبَّنَا — our Lord. This is a noun in the vocative, calling on God, with an attached '-our' on its end binding the speakers to Him as 'our Lord'. The vocative use opens the address inside the quoted reply, and the suffix supplies the collective possessor in the same word.

  From: Praise and Supplication in Prayer →