مُصَلِّيpraying

Example sentences

• وَقَول الْمُصَلِّي الله أكبر سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْعَظِيم سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْأَعْلَى سمع الله لمن حَمده رَبنَا وَلَك الْحَمد التَّحِيَّات لله

  And the one praying says: (Allah is the Greatest, glory be to my Lord the Great, glory be to my Lord the Most High, Allah hears the one who praises Him, our Lord, to You belongs all praise, all greetings are for Allah).

  الْمُصَلِّي — the one praying. Genitive owner of 'saying' — 'the one praying'. An active participle (mu- prefix); its long final vowel keeps one shape, so the genitive shows by position.

  From: The Declaration of Faith →

• الذين ليسوا من المصلين ولا من مطعمي المسكين

  Those who are not among those who pray, nor among those who feed the poor.

  الْمُصَلِّينَ — those who pray. This is an active participle in the plural carrying 'the', a doer-noun meaning 'those who pray'. Arabic turns the verb 'to pray' into this doer-noun; it is governed by the preposition, naming the category the group is denied from.

  From: Prayer and Charity →