اِسْم name in Arabic
اِسْم is how you say “name” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
أمّا الاقتصارُ على ذِكرِ الاسمِ المُفرَدِ مُجرّدًا من جملةٍ ومعنى فليسَ من هديِ الوحي،
As for merely mentioning the single name detached from a sentence and meaning, it is not part of divine guidance,
الِاسْمِ the name
Genitive owner of 'mentioning' — 'the name' that is said. al- makes it the specific divine name.
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الاسمُ المجرّدُ لا يبني شيئًا؛ أمّا الجملةُ المشروعةُ فتبني قلبًا وسلوكًا
A mere name builds nothing; but a prescribed sentence builds both heart and conduct.
الِاسْمُ the name
'the name', fronted subject, nominative. al- makes it the bare name under discussion; the verbless lead-in waits for its verb.
فَجَمِيع مَا شَرعه الله من الذّكر إِنَّمَا هُوَ كَلَام تَامّ لَا اسْم مُفْرد وَلَا مظهر وَلَا مُضْمر
For everything that Allah has prescribed as remembrance is complete speech, not a single word nor an explicit or implicit noun.
اِسْمٌ a noun
'a noun, a name', nominative indefinite — the first thing it is denied to be. It stays nominative, agreeing with 'speech' it is contrasted against.
وَقَسم سِيبَوَيْهٍ الْكَلَام إِلَى اسْم وَفعل وحرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم وَلَا فعل،
And Sibawayh divided speech into noun, verb, and a particle that conveys a meaning and is neither a noun nor a verb.
اِسْمٍ noun
'a noun', genitive after 'ila', indefinite — the first class. In Arabic grammar 'ism' covers nouns AND adjectives.
وَقَسم سِيبَوَيْهٍ الْكَلَام إِلَى اسْم وَفعل وحرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم وَلَا فعل،
And Sibawayh divided speech into noun, verb, and a particle that conveys a meaning and is neither a noun nor a verb.
بِاسْمٍ with noun
'a noun' with the emphatic 'bi' that 'laysa' adds to its predicate — 'is not a noun'. The 'bi' is a reinforcer, not 'with'.
وكل من هَذِه الْأَقْسَام يُسمى حرفا لَكِن خَاصَّة الثَّالِث أَنه حرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم
And each of these categories is called a particle, but the distinguishing feature of the third is that it is a particle that conveys a meaning and is not a noun.
بِاسْمٍ being a noun
'a noun' with the emphatic 'bi' that 'laysa' adds — 'is not a noun'. The 'bi' is a reinforcer, not 'with'.
وفي إضافته إليه باسم الرسالة أبين دليل أنه كلام المرسل
And in attributing it to him as a message is the clearest evidence that it is the speech of the sender.
بِاسْمِ by the name of
A 'with/by' prefix on the noun 'name', which heads the pairing 'the name of the message'. The prefix marks the manner of attribution, 'by the name of', and the noun draws its definiteness from the owner that follows.