نَاسٌ people in Arabic
نَاسٌ is how you say “people” in Arabic.
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رجل تعلم العلم وعلمه وقرأ القرآن وأقرأه ليقول الناس هو عالم وقارئ،
A man who learned knowledge, taught it, and recited the Quran, but did so for people's praise, saying: He is a scholar and a reciter,
النَّاسُ the people
The subject of 'say', shown by the '-u' nominative — note it comes after its verb, the normal Arabic order. So the doer of the saying is 'the people', and the man only sought their words.
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ورجل قاتل وجاهد ليقول الناس هو شجاع وجريء،
And a man who fought and struggled for people to say: He is brave and bold,
النَّاسُ the people
Subject of 'say', after its verb, in the nominative ('-u'). The people are again the intended speakers of the praise.
ورجل تصدق وأعطى ليقول الناس جواد سخي
And a man who gave charity and donated for people to say: He is generous and charitable,"
النَّاسُ the people
Subject of 'say', following its verb, nominative '-u'. The crowd whose praise he sought.
وهكذا يُفهَمُ تنظيمُ العلمِ، ومنعُ الاعتداءِ، وصيانةُ الأموالِ والعقودِ، وتوفيرُ أسبابِ التعارفِ والرحمةِ بين الناس؛
Thus, the organization of knowledge, prevention of aggression, safeguarding of wealth and contracts, and provision of means for acquaintance and compassion among people is understood;
النَّاسِ people
'the people,' in the -i form after 'among.' The whole list — regulating knowledge, forbidding aggression, guarding wealth, fostering bonds — serves people's life together, understood through the higher aims.
ومتى كان الواعظ مثل الحسين والشيخ عبد القادر الجيلاني رحمهما الله تعالى انتفع به الناس
And when the preacher is like Al-Husayn and Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani - may Allah have mercy on them - people benefit from him.
النَّاسُ people
This is the subject of 'benefit', arriving after the verb in Arabic's verb-first order, and it is a collective for 'people' that takes a nominative ending. So the sentence reads 'benefit-from-him the people', i.e. people benefit from him.
فخاض الناس في أولئك الذين يدخلون الجنة بغير حساب ولا عذاب،
The people discussed those who will enter Paradise without account or punishment.
ٱلنَّاسُ the people
This is the subject of 'fell to discussing', nominative — a collective for 'people'. It is who took up the debate about the seventy thousand.
أيها الناس، إن الله خلق السموات والأرض في ستة أشهر، ثم استوى على العرش
O people, indeed Allah created the heavens and the earth in six months, then rose over the Throne.
النَّاسُ people
This is 'the people', definite with 'al-', and it is the one being addressed in the call. Because it follows the vocative marker, it takes the nominative ending rather than the accusative a directly-called noun would, a quirk of being summoned through that particular address word.
فتعجب الناس من قوله،
The people were amazed at his words,
النَّاسُ the people
This is 'the people', definite with 'al-', and the subject of 'were amazed', arriving after its verb in the normal Arabic order. It carries the nominative ending that marks the doer-experiencer. It names who was struck with wonder.
وَالنَّاسُ بِصَلَاةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَاعِدٌ
The people were praying behind Abu Bakr, and the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was sitting.
وَالنَّاسُ and the people
The wa- is a coordinating 'and' opening a new clause; the rest is a definite noun, 'the people', carrying its own 'the'. The combination starts a parallel statement about a known group.
قَالُوا وَاللَّهِ لَنَأْتِيَنَّ النَّاسَ
They said, "By God, we will surely come to the people."
النَّاسَ the people
A noun 'the people', made definite by its built-in 'the' and standing as the goal arrived at, so it takes the object ending of the coming-verb. The definite marker points to the specific group meant.
فَرَأَوْهُمْ نَاسٌ مِنْ حَرَسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Then men from the guard of the Messenger of God saw them.
نَاسٌ men
An indefinite plural noun 'people/men' serving as the doer of 'saw', though Arabic placed the doer inside the verb first and then names it here for clarity. Its '-un' ending marks the subject role; the next phrase tells which group these men belong to.
هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ نَاسٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ،
Some of the Muslims emigrated to Abyssinia.
نَاسٌ people
The doer of 'emigrated', arriving after its verb; the -un ending marks it as nominative (the actor) and indefinite, 'some people'. It is a collective taking a singular verb, normal in Arabic, and the 'of' phrase after it narrows it to a subset.
فَقَالَ الْمَلْعُونُ بِاللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ هَؤُلَاءِ عِنْدَكَ نَاسٌ
Then the accursed one said, "For God's sake, these people are with you."
نَاسٌ people
An indefinite plural noun 'people', left without 'al-', so it reads as 'people at all, real people'. It serves as the predicate of the verbless 'are these people?' question. The indefiniteness sharpens the figure's skeptical point about who deserves the name.
وَيْلًا لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيَضْحَكَ النَّاسُ
Woe to the one who tells people things and lies to make them laugh.
النَّاسَ the people
The al- makes this plural definite, 'the' people, the known group. They are the ones told to, so the noun acts as the receiver-of-the-action of 'tells' and wears the accusative object ending.
وَيْلًا لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيَضْحَكَ النَّاسُ
Woe to the one who tells people things and lies to make them laugh.
النَّاسُ the people
The al- makes this plural definite, 'the' people, the same group again, here the ones meant to be made to laugh. It stands as the doer of the laughing in the purpose clause, so it serves as that verb's subject.