نَبِيَّProphet

Example sentences

• وَالنَّاسُ عُكُوفٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَنْتَظِرُونَ النَّبِيَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ

  And the people remained in the mosque, waiting for the Prophet, peace be upon him.

  النَّبِيَّ — the Prophet. A definite noun, 'the Prophet', serving as the direct object of the waiting-verb before it; its 'the' marks the specific awaited figure.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَجَدَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ خِفَّةً فَخَرَجَ بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ

  Then the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, felt a lightness within his self, so he went out between two men.

  النَّبِيَّ — the Prophet. A definite noun, 'the Prophet', governed into the accusative by the emphasis-particle before it; it is the subject of the emphatic statement despite the object-style ending the particle imposes.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ وَجَبَتْ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ،

  Then a man from the people said, "It has become necessary, O Prophet of God,"

  نَبِيَّ — Prophet. This is 'Prophet' in direct-address position, the one being called, and the bare -a ending is the shape a called-on noun takes when it heads its own little possessive phrase. It is the addressee, awaiting the owner that completes 'Prophet of...'.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →

• أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ

  That the Prophet of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:

  نَبِيَّ — prophet. This noun is the topic of the 'that...' clause governed by 'anna', which is why it carries the object-style (accusative) ending rather than a subject ending. It is also the first half of a possessive pairing with the divine name that follows, so it stays without 'the', borrowing definiteness from its owner.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →

• فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي جِيرَانًا يَسْرِقُونَ أَوْزِي

  He said, "O Prophet of God, I have neighbors who steal my geese."

  نَبِيَّ — Prophet. A noun used as the one called, right after the calling particle, so it is the target of the address. It also opens a possessive pair, 'prophet of...', with the divine name after it, so it leans forward to its owner. Its ending shows the special address-form shape that a called noun in such a pair takes.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →