غَيْرَهُother than him

Example sentences

• أَحَدُهُمَا أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَيَعْبُدَ غَيْرَهُ مِنْ حَجَرٍ أَوْ شَجَرٍ أَوْ شَمْسٍ أَوْ قَمَرٍ أَوْ نَبِيٍّ أَوْ شَيْخٍ أَوْ نَجْمٍ أَوْ مَلَكٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ،

  One of them is to set up for Allah an equal and worship something else, such as a stone, tree, sun, moon, prophet, saint, star, angel, or anything else.

  غَيْرَهُ — something else. A noun, 'other (than Him)', with a 'him' possessor on its end pointing back to Allah, so one word means 'something other than Him'. It is the object of 'worships'.

  From: The Sin of Idolatry →

• وَمَنْ ظَنَّ أَنَّ الْخَضِرَ وَغَيْرَهُ سُقْطُ عَنْهُمْ الْأَمْرِ لِمُشَاهَدَةِ الإِرَادَةِ وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ

  And whoever believes that the Green One and others besides him were exempted from the command in order to behold the Divine Will and the like.

  وَغَيْرَهُ — and others besides him. The 'and' fused to a word meaning 'other than him / others besides him', with 'him' attached. It coordinates a second subject into the 'that' clause and itself takes the accusative under that particle's reach.

  From: What Worship Really Means →