مُحَمَّدُMuhammad

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قُولِي لَهُ يَدْخُلْ وَحْدَهُ

  So Muhammad ibn Sulayman said, "Tell him to enter alone."

  مُحَمَّدُ — Muhammad. A proper name standing as the subject of 'said', in the nominative shape marking the speaker. It is the head of the name-chain that the patronymic after it continues.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• ثُمَّ يُقَالُ لِي اِرْفَعْ مُحَمَّدُ،

  Then it will be said to me, 'Rise, Muhammad.'

  مُحَمَّدُ — Muhammad. A name being directly addressed in the quoted command; in this vocative role it takes a single bare vowel ending rather than a fuller case marking, the signature of a name called out to. So its short ending flags 'the one being summoned', not a subject or object.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• ثُمَّ يُقَالُ اِرْفَعْ مُحَمَّدُ، وَقُلْ يُسْمَعُ، وَسَلْ تُعْطَهْ، وَاشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ،

  Then it is said: "Rise, Muhammad; say, it is heard; ask and you will be given; intercede and you will be granted intercession."

  مُحَمَّدُ — Muhammad. This is a name in direct-address position, the one being called on. The vocative use is what marks it as the addressee of the surrounding command, the person told to rise; the case shape it carries is the form a called-on name takes rather than that of an ordinary subject.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• ثُمَّ يُقَالُ اِرْفَعْ مُحَمَّدُ، قُلْ يُسْمَعُ، وَسَلْ تُعْطَى، وَاشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعُ،

  Then it will be said: Raise Muhammad. Say: He is heard. And ask, and you will be given. And intercede, and intercession will be granted.

  مُحَمَّدُ — Muhammad. A name standing in direct-address position, the one being called to rise. Its case shape is the form a called-on name takes rather than an ordinary subject, marking it as the addressee of the surrounding command.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• فَقُلْتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ؟

  I said to Muhammad, "What prevents you from marrying?"

  مُحَمَّدُ — Muhammad. A man's proper name in the vocative, the one being addressed after the calling particle. As the called party it takes a plain nominative-style ending rather than functioning as a subject or object in the clause.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →

• ثُمَّ إِنَّ ابْنَ أَخِي هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

  Then indeed, the son of my brother, this Muhammad, son of Abdullah.

  مُحَمَّدُ — Muhammad. A personal name standing as the identity of the 'this one' just pointed out, so it renames that referent. It carries the plain subject-form ending here, marking it as the headline noun the surrounding description hangs on.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →

• وَمُحَمَّدٌ مِنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ قَرَابَتَهُ،

  And Muhammad is someone whose kinship you already knew,

  وَمُحَمَّدُ — and Muhammad. Front wa- is the joiner 'and', tying this new statement to the previous flow. The proper name it carries opens the clause as its topic, the thing the rest of the sentence will describe, set up by wa- as a fresh point in the narration.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →

• وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَعْبِ الْقُرَظِيِّ

  And Muhammad, son of Ka'b al-Qurzī, said.

  مُحَمَّد — Muhammad. This personal name is the speaker, the subject following its verb, so it takes the naming case for the doer. As a name it is already definite without 'the'. It is the first piece of a longer name with lineage and a place-tag attached.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →

• وفي رواية فيأتوني فيقولون يا محمد أنت رسول الله وخاتم الأنبياء، وقد غفر لك ما تقدم من ذنبك وما تأخر،

  In one narration they come to me and say, "O Muhammad, you are the Messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets, and your past and future sins have been forgiven."

  مُحَمَّدُ — Muhammad. The addressee being called, in the special form that follows the call-particle; the visible final mark is the address-form ending. Naming him directly opens the speech.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →

• وحسن الثناء عليه شيئاً لم يفتح على أحد قبلي ثم يقال يا محمد ارفع رأسك، سل تعطه، واشفع تشفع،

  The praise of him was so excellent, something not granted to anyone before me. Then it is said, O Muhammad, raise your head, ask and you will be given, and intercede and your intercession will be accepted.

  مُحَمَّدُ — Muhammad. The addressee being called, in the special form that follows the call-particle; the final mark is the address-form ending. Naming him opens the command that follows.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →