مَالِكِMalik

Example sentences

• يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا بْنَ مَالِكِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ عَنْهُ

  He says, "I heard Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him."

  مَالِكِ — Malik. The father's name completing 'son of...', in the genitive shape. As the second member of the side-by-side pair it takes the genitive ending.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• قَالَ يَا مَالِكِ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ إِلَيَّ؟

  He said, O Malik, what brought you to me?

  مَالِكِ — Malik. A personal name in direct address, the one being called by the vocative particle before it. Names called this way take a special address form, marking that the speaker is turning to speak to this person by name.

  From: A Night of Reckoning →

• وَالْأَنْعَامُ وَهِيَ مُعْجِبَةٌ لِلْمَالِكِ وَالنُّظَّارِ،

  And the livestock, and they are causing admiration for the owner and the onlookers,

  لِلْمَالِكِ — for the owner. The preposition li- ('for') fused onto a noun with al- ('the'), so one word means 'for the owner'. The li- assigns the following noun its genitive role and marks the one to whom the livestock is pleasing. It names the first party charmed by the display.

  From: This World Is Short →

• وَاِتَّبَعَنَا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ،

  And Suraaqah ibn Malik followed us.

  مَالِكِ — Malik. The father's name as the second half of the 'son of' pairing, so it carries the 'of'-style ending the link requires. It completes the man's full name. The pairing is built by adjacency, with no separate word for 'of'.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →