رَبِّLord

Example sentences

• وانبسط أمله وَقَوي طمعه وَسَار إِلَى ربه وحادى الرَّجَاء يَحْدُو ركاب سيره،

  His hope expanded, his ambition strengthened, and he journeyed to his Lord, with hope guiding the path of his journey.

  رَبِّهِ — his Lord. 'Lord' with '-hi' (his) attached, genitive after 'to' — toward his Lord. The destination of the soul's travel.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

  In the name of your Lord who created.

  رَبِّكَ — your Lord. This noun has 'your' attached at its end, so one word carries both 'Lord' and its owner; it completes the 'name of your Lord' pairing and sits in the genitive. The suffix marks the addressee as the one whose Lord is meant.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →

• ثُمَّ أَرْجِعُ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مَا بَقِيَ فِي النَّارِ

  Then I return and say, O Lord, who remains in the Fire?

  رَبِّ — Lord. This is 'Lord' in direct-address position, the one being called on, and the clipped final shape is what a called-on noun takes after the address marker. The pairing of caller and called turns the phrase into a direct appeal to God.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• أَفَيَظْنُّ الْمُعْرِضُ عَنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّهِ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ أَنْ يَنْجُوَ مِنْ رَبِّهِ بِآرَاءِ الرِّجَالِ؟

  Does the one who turns away from the Book of his Lord and from the practice of His Messenger think that he will be saved from his Lord by the opinions of men?

  رَبِّهِ — his Lord. A noun with -hi ('his') fused on as owner, 'his Lord', completing the 'Book of his Lord' pair and genitive as the owner. The 'his' points to the turner-away himself, sharpening the offence: he spurns the Book of his OWN Lord.

  From: Ignoring God's Guidance →

• قَالَ إِبْلِيسُ ﴿رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ﴾

  Iblis said, "My Lord, then show me the Day when they will be resurrected."

  رَبِّ — my Lord. A direct address to God, 'my Lord', with the 'my' fused onto the end. Calling out to someone is built into the noun's form here, so it functions as a vocative even without a separate 'O'.

  From: What Worship Really Means →

• وَتَحْتَ مَوْضِعُ سُجُودِ السَّاجِدِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

  And beneath is the place of prostration of those who prostrate, before the Lord of the Worlds.

  رَبِّ — Lord of. The noun 'Lord', the head of a possessive pairing it forms with 'the Worlds', giving 'Lord of the Worlds'. As the head it stays bare of 'the' and, being itself owned by 'the two hands' above, takes the 'of' (genitive) ending.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →

• وَيُنْسِيكَ اِشْتِغَالُكَ بِرَبِّكَ

  And your preoccupation with your Lord will make you forget.

  بِرَبِّك — with your Lord. The preposition bi- 'with' fused to 'Lord', which itself carries a 'your' on its end. The bi- marks what one is preoccupied with and forces 'Lord' into the genitive; the suffix supplies the owner. So the chunk reads 'with your Lord'.

  From: Charity and Stinginess →

• فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَتَى يَفْجَأُهُ أَمْرُ رَبِّهِ،

  For he does not know when his Lord's command will suddenly overtake him.

  رَبِّهِ — his Lord. A noun with -hi ('his') on its end, closing the possessive chain begun by the previous word, so it takes the 'of' (genitive) ending. It names whose command, completing 'his Lord's command' as the force whose arrival no one can time.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →

• جمعة الدفتان من أول الحمد لله رب العالمين إلى آخر قل أعوذ برب الناس كلام الله

  Friday of the Two Booklets: from the beginning, "Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds," to the end, "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind." The Word of God.

  رَبِّ — Lord. This noun heads a possessive pairing with 'the worlds' that follows, reading 'Lord of the worlds'. As the first link it drops any 'the' of its own and draws its definiteness from the owner-noun behind it, while standing in apposition to the divine name just before as a further description of God.

  From: Honoring the Quran →