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أحد one in Arabic

أحد is how you say “one” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

هذه الزيادات الصغيرة هي السلّم الخفي الذي يصعد بك حين لا يراك أحد، حتى تصير النفس مطمئنة، والعمل سهلًا، والطريق مضيئًا من الداخل

These small increments are the hidden ladder that lifts you when no one sees, until the soul becomes content, the work easy, and the path illuminated from within.

أَحَدٌ one

'ahad' = 'anyone, one'. Subject — so 'no one sees you'.

From On Sincerity

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More example sentences

فقال ألا أعلمكم شيئًا تدركون به من سبقكم، وتسبقون به من بعدكم، ولا يكون أحد أفضل منكم إلا من صنع مثل ما صنعتم؟

He said: 'Shall I not teach you something by which you will catch up with those who have surpassed you, and you will surpass those after you, and no one will be better than you except those who do as you do?'

أَحَدٌ anyone

This is the subject of 'will be', nominative — 'anyone'. After the 'no' before it, it means 'no one [will be]...'. The predicate that follows it sits in the accusative.

From Praises That Elevate the Poor

فقال العطار خذ هذا الدواء واجعله في إحدى عينيه

The herbalist said, 'Take this medicine and put it in one of its eyes.'

إحدى one of

A number-noun, 'one of', that heads an 'of' pairing, 'one of its two eyes'. As a feminine 'one' it points to a single member of a pair and forces the genitive on the noun that follows.

From Reflections on Literal Obedience

يحقر أحدكُم صلَاته مَعَ صلَاتهم

One of you would consider his prayer insignificant compared to their prayers.

أَحَدُكُمْ one of you

This noun is the front of a possessive pairing, 'one of you', and as the head of the pair it stays bare while reaching to the owner next. Its subject ending marks it as the doer of the belittling verb.

From Sincerity and Hypocrisy

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