شُعَرَاءpoets

Example sentences

• فقد قرأ مقت الشعراء في سورة الشعراء

  He has indeed read the contempt for poets in Surat Ash-Shu'ara.

  الشُّعَرَاءِ — the poets. This completes 'the contempt for the poets' (the loathing aimed AT them), in the genitive of the possessive. It is a broken plural that also belongs to the no-nunation 'diptote' class, so its ending stays bare. The phrase names the Quranic scorn poured on poets.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• فقد قرأ مقت الشعراء في سورة الشعراء

  He has indeed read the contempt for poets in Surat Ash-Shu'ara.

  الشُّعَرَاءِ — Ash-Shu'ara. This completes 'the chapter of the Poets' as the possessed name of the sura, in the genitive. The repeated word from earlier is now functioning as a title rather than a plain plural — the chapter literally named after them.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• ويندر على الشعراء المجودين من يتصون من الهجو،

  And it is rare among skilled poets to refrain from satire,

  الشُّعَرَاءِ — poets. Genitive after the preposition, this is a broken plural ('poets'), reshaped internally and belonging to the no-nunation diptote class, so its ending stays bare. It names the set being talked about — the accomplished poets.

  From: Sincere Preaching →