شِعْرpoetry

Example sentences

• مصرا على الاكتساب بالشعر رقيق الدين،

  Insistent on acquiring gains through poetry, lacking in religious commitment,

  بِالشِّعْرِ — through poetry. The 'bi-' here is instrumental — 'by means of poetry' — naming the tool through which he earns. It forces the genitive on the following noun. The phrase pins down how the gain is won: through his craft.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• فليت شعري أنت ماذا عرفت؟ وما علمك،

  I wish to know what you have understood? And what is your knowledge,

  شِعْرِي — my knowing. This noun, my knowing or awareness, is the accusative subject demanded by the wishing particle, with the possessor 'my' attached. In the idiom 'would that I knew', this word carries the knowledge wished for, its case fixed by the particle.

  From: When Recitation Breeds Pride →

• فهاتوا من أشعاركم وأحاديثكم

  So bring from your poetry and your stories!

  أَشْعَارِكُمْ — your poetry. Genitive after the partitive 'from', and the attached -kum 'your' (plural) marks the possessor; so it is 'your poetry' as a group.

  From: Reviving the Heart →