أَحَدُهُمْone of them

Example sentences

• فَتَجِدُ أَحَدُهُمْ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ الْأَمْرِ الصَّغِيرِ وَالْكَبِيرِ،

  So you find one of them asking about small and large matters.

  أَحَدُهُمْ — one of them. A counting word 'one' with -hum ('of them') attached — 'one of them'. It is the thing observed, the object of 'you find', and the -hum points back to the Companions. The phrase singles out a single member of that group to illustrate their eagerness to ask.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →