شَاعِرpoet

Example sentences

• وَقَوله أفضل كلمة قَالَهَا الشَّاعِر كلمة لبيد أَلا كل شَيْء مَا خلا الله بَاطِل

  And his saying: "The best word said by a poet is the word of Labid: Behold, everything other than Allah is futile."

  الشَّاعِرُ — the poet. The doer of 'said', nominative, after its verb — 'the poet'. al- makes it 'the poet' as a type.

  From: The Declaration of Faith →

• أفضل كلمة قَالَهَا الشَّاعِر كلمة لبيد أَلا كل شَيْء مَا خلا الله بَاطِل

  "The best phrase the poet Labid said: 'Indeed, everything besides Allah is false.'"

  الشَّاعِرُ — the poet. The doer of 'said', nominative, after its verb — 'the poet'.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• فإن كان الشاعر بليغا مفوها مقداما على الكذب في لهجته

  If the poet is eloquent, articulate, and bold in deceitfulness in his speech,

  الشَّاعِرُ — the poet. This is the subject of 'to be', nominative and definite — 'the poet'. The conditions piled up after it are all its predicates. The plain nominative ending marks it as the one being described.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• وربما أدى الأمر بالشاعر إلى التجاوز إلى الكفر،

  And perhaps it leads the poet to go so far as to disbelief,

  بِالشَّاعِرِ — with the poet. The verb 'lead' here takes a 'bi-' to mark whom it carries along — 'leads the poet [to]...'. So this little word, plus the pronoun-less noun, names the one being dragged toward the outcome. It governs the genitive, and works with the 'to' that follows.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• قال الشاعر

  The poet said:

  الشَّاعِرُ — the poet. A noun made definite by al- (the), standing as the subject of the verb 'said' before it, hence the subject ending. Arabic typically places the doer after its verb, so this is the one who spoke; the al- marks 'the poet' as a known, specific person.

  From: Preparing for Judgment Day →

• وهو كلامه لا كلام شاعر ولا مجنون ولا كاهن

  And it is His word, not the word of a poet, nor a madman, nor a soothsayer.

  شَاعِرٍ — a poet. 'A poet' as the owning noun in 'the word of a poet', indefinite and in the owner form of the chain. The form supplies the 'of' link; the phrase denies that the Quran is a poet's composition.

  From: Proof in All Creation →