أَكْرَمُMost Generous

Example sentences

• إِقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

  Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous.

  الْأَكْرَمُ — the Most Generous. A 'most/-est' adjective carrying the 'the' marker, standing as the predicate that describes the Lord, with no separate 'is' word needed; Arabic equates topic and predicate by placing them side by side. So 'your Lord' and 'the most generous' form a bare 'X is Y'.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →

• إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَكْرَمُ الأَكْرَمِينَ،

  Indeed, Allah is the most generous of the generous.

  أَكْرَمُ — most generous. A superlative form, the 'most' shape built from the root for generosity. It is the description being asserted about God, so it carries the plain subject ending. Standing first in a 'most X of the X' frame, it then leans on the plural noun after it to name the group within which the comparison is made.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →