أَحَقُّmore deserving

Example sentences

• قال رجل يا رسول الله، أي الناس أحق مني بحسن الصحبة؟

  A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, which of the people is most deserving of my good companionship?'

  أحق — more deserving. A comparative adjective, 'most deserving', the predicate of the question, set up to be followed by a 'with/of' phrase. The single form carries the 'most' that English splits out; it asks who has the strongest claim.

  From: Honoring Your Mother →

• فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ فَصَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامَ،

  Umar said to him, "You are more entitled to that," so Abu Bakr led the prayer during those days.

  أَحَقُّ — more entitled. A comparative-shaped word, 'more entitled', serving as the predicate describing 'you'; no 'are' is needed, since placing it after the pronoun states the comparison directly. It carries the 'more...' force in its very form.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• كُنْتُ أَحَقُّ أَنَا أَنْ أُصِيبَ مِنْ هَذَا اللَّبَنِ شَرْبَةً أَتَقَوَّى بِهَا،

  I was more entitled to take a drink of this milk to strengthen myself.

  أَحَقُّ — more deserving. A comparative adjective 'more entitled/worthier', built on a fixed pattern Arabic uses for 'more X'; it has no separate word for 'more', the pattern itself carries it. Here it describes the speaker's greater claim to the milk. The single word does the job of English 'more deserving'.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• وَأَحَقُّ الأَشْيَاءُ بِالضَّبْطِ وَالْقَهْرِ

  And the things most deserving of restraint and coercion:

  وَأَحَقُّ — And most deserving. Two pieces fuse: wa- ('and') linking to the prior thought, and a comparative-superlative adjective 'most deserving'. The adjective bundles 'most' into its shape with no separate word. It heads the predicate, naming what things most call for restraint.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →