وَاعِظٌpreacher

Example sentences

• فإذا رأيت الواعظ راغبا في الدنيا قليل الدين،

  If you see the preacher desiring worldly life and lacking religious commitment,

  الْوَاعِظَ — the preacher. This is the object of 'see', in the accusative and definite — 'the preacher'. It is the anchor for the descriptions that follow: the next words paint the condition he is in when you catch sight of him. So it does double duty as object and as the thing being characterized.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• وكم من واعظ مفوه قد أبكى وأثر في الحاضرين تلك الساعة،

  And how many eloquent preachers have moved the attendees to tears at that moment,

  وَاعِظٍ — preachers. Though it looks singular and sits in the genitive, this noun means 'many preachers' because of the 'how many... of' frame around it. That singular-and-genitive shape after the exclamation is a fixed rule, not a sign that only one preacher is meant.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• ومتى كان الواعظ مثل الحسين والشيخ عبد القادر الجيلاني رحمهما الله تعالى انتفع به الناس

  And when the preacher is like Al-Husayn and Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani - may Allah have mercy on them - people benefit from him.

  الْوَاعِظُ — the preacher. This is the subject of 'to be', in the nominative and definite — 'the preacher'. It is the one whose likeness to the great preachers is the condition. Its plain nominative ending marks it as the doer-side of the 'kana' frame.

  From: Sincere Preaching →

• وَالْوَاعِظُ مُتَصَنِّعٌ بِوَعْظِهِ،

  And the preacher puts on a show in his preaching.

  وَالْوَاعِظُ — and the preacher. The wa- links this new sentence onto the running list with 'and', and the al- marks 'the preacher' as a definite, representative figure. The word stands as the topic the rest of the sentence will describe, and the al- presents him as a type rather than one specific man.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →