رَجُلُman

Example sentences

• وَلَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الصِّدْقَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صَدِيقًا

  And a man continues to tell the truth and to seek truthfulness until he is recorded with God as a truthful person.

  الرَّجُلُ — the man. A definite noun 'the man' as the subject of the continuing action, in the subject case. Used generically here, its 'the' covers any such person rather than one specific man.

  From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →

• وَلَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الْكَذِبَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا

  And a man continues to lie and to seek falsehood until he is recorded with God as a liar.

  الرَّجُلُ — the man. A definite noun 'the man' as the subject of the continuing action, in the subject case. It is used generically for any such person.

  From: Truthfulness and Righteousness →

• وَرُبَّمَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ أَقْوَى مِنْ شَيْطَانِ الْإِنْسِ،

  And perhaps the man was stronger than the human devil.

  الرَّجُلُ — the man. This definite noun is the subject of the preceding 'was', so it carries the plain subject ending: the man. Its al- (assimilating into the sun letter) marks the same man from the example. The predicate 'stronger' follows.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →

• قَالَ إِذَا أَتَاكَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ لَكَ اِشْرَبْ مَا فِي النَّهْرِ

  He said, "If a man comes to you and tells you, 'Drink what is in the river.'"

  الرَّجُلُ — the man. A definite noun with 'al-' (the), the subject of 'comes'. The article marks him as a definite figure within the imagined scene. The subject follows its verb, a normal Arabic order.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →

• فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ جَاءَهُ الرَّجُلُ

  So when morning came, the man came to him.

  الرَّجُلُ — the man. A definite noun with 'al-' (the), the subject of 'came'. The article marks him as the specific man already in the story. The subject follows its verb, a normal Arabic order.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →