Arabic vocabulary

أُولِيِpossessors of in Arabic

أُولِيِ is how you say “possessors of” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وقد أمر الله في كتابه بطاعته وطاعة رسوله وطاعة أولي الأمر من المؤمنين،
And Allah has commanded in His Book obedience to Him, obedience to His Messenger, and obedience to those in authority among the believers.
أُولِيِ — possessors of. A special plural meaning 'possessors of', which only ever appears as the first half of an 'of' pairing and cannot stand alone. It joins to 'the authority' next to it to mean 'those who hold authority'.
From: Obedience to God and Authority →

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