نَبِيّ Prophet in Arabic

وهو الذي كان النبي ﷺ يفعله في كل صلاة،

And it is what the Prophet ﷺ would do in every prayer,

النَّبِيُّ the Prophet

'the Prophet', nominative as the subject (the noun of 'kana').

From The Opening Chapter

من كَانَ قرين النَّبِي فِي شبابه

Who was the Prophet's companion in his youth?

النَّبِيِّ the Prophet

The owner completing 'the companion of the Prophet', genitive, definite. Whose companion he was.

From Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam

عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ

From the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, he said:

النَّبِيِّ the Prophet

In the genitive after 'from', naming the Prophet. The doubled '-iyy' ending is part of the word's own shape here, and the preposition adds the genitive vowel.

From Easing a Believer's Hardship

فاجتمعنا إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال إنه لم يكن نبي قبلي إلا كان حقاً عليه أن يدل أمته على خير ما يعلمه لهم،

We gathered to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and he said: "There was no prophet before me except that it was his duty to guide his nation to the best of what he knew for them,"

نَبِيٌّ prophet

This indefinite noun, 'a prophet', is the subject of the negated 'was', so the clause says 'no prophet was...'. Its indefinite ending fits the sweeping 'not a single one' sense the negation sets up.

From A Prophet Warns His People

فَظَهَرَ أَنَّ مَنْ أَنْكَرَ كَوْنَهُ رَسُولًا نَبِيًّا فَقَدْ قَدَحَ بِاللَّهِ وَنَقَصَهُ وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى الْجَهْلِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالسَّفَهِ

It became clear that whoever denies his being a Messenger and Prophet has indeed defamed God, diminished Him, and attributed ignorance, inability, and folly to Him.

نَبِيًّا a Prophet

This noun lacks 'the' and ends in the indefinite mark and the accusative, 'a prophet', coordinated after 'a messenger' as a second predicate. It shares the accusative for the same reason, naming the other status denied of him.

From Signs of the Messenger in Medina

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ لَا نَقُولُ إِنَّهُ مَلِكٌ ظَالِمٌ، بَلْ نَبِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ مَنْ اتَّبَعَهُ فَهُوَ مِنَ السُّعَدَاءِ، وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ اتَّبَعَ مُوسَى فَهُوَ كَمَنْ اتَّبَعَ مُحَمَّدًا

When he heard this, he said: 'God forbid! We do not say he is a tyrant king, but a noble prophet. Whoever follows him is among the blessed, and likewise, whoever follows Moses is like one who follows Muhammad.'

نَبِيٌّ a prophet

This noun lacks 'the' and ends in the indefinite mark, 'a prophet', the affirmed predicate after 'rather'. Its indefiniteness, shown by the ending, names what he truly is, in contrast to the rejected 'king'.

From Signs of the Messenger in Medina

وقد حذر النبي من ذلك أيما تحذير،

And the Prophet warned against that most sternly.

النَّبِيُّ the Prophet

The subject of 'warned', named after the verb in the natural Arabic order. Its 'the' marks it as the one known Prophet, and its form is the plain subject form, identifying who did the warning.

From Knowledge and Humility

وقد قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

ٱلنَّبِيُّ the Prophet

The subject of 'said', named after the verb, its 'the' marking the one known Prophet. It identifies who spoke.

From Restraining Anger

روى عَن النَّبِي أَنه قَالَ

It was narrated from the Prophet that he said:

النَّبِيِّ the Prophet

This noun is the source of the narration, held in the governed form by the preceding 'from'. The 'the' marks the one well-known Prophet, and the doubled final consonant is part of the word, not a separate ending.

From Ten Daily Supplications

وكانت أمه مولاة لأم سلمة؛ زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم،

His mother was a freedwoman of Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, peace be upon him.

النَّبِيِّ the Prophet

This owner noun completes the 'wife of the Prophet' pairing, so it carries the governed ending while staying definite. The two nouns placed directly together build the 'of' with no separate word.

From Raised in the Prophet’s Household

فَوَجَدْنَا الْعُلَمَاءَ رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهَا، فَقِيلَ هِيَ سَبْعٌ وَاحْتَجُّوا بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ

We found the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed regarding them. It was said they are seven, citing the Prophet's saying: 'Avoid the seven destructive sins'.

النَّبِيِّ of the Prophet

The owner-noun completing 'the saying of the Prophet', set straight after with no word for 'of'. It is in the (genitive) possessor form, naming whose saying it is.

From What Small Worship Erases

أَوْ جَاءَ فِيهِ وَعِيدٌ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَوْ غَضَبٍ أَوْ تَهْدِيدٍ أَوْ لَعْنٍ فَاعِلِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ،

or there is a warning in the Hereafter of torment, anger, threat, or cursing of its doer on the tongue of our Prophet Muhammad,

نَبِيِّنَا our Prophet

A noun, 'Prophet', with an attached 'our' possessor on its end, so one word means 'our Prophet'. It completes the tongue-chain as its (genitive) possessor, naming whose tongue uttered the warning.

From What Small Worship Erases

عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أصل كل داء البردة

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: The root of every illness is fullness.

النَّبِيِّ the Prophet

This is the noun governed by 'from', in the genitive because of it and made definite by 'al-', naming the Prophet as the source.

From The One-Third Rule

قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ما ملأ ابن آدم وعاء شرا من بطنه،

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: A human fills no container worse than his stomach.

النَّبِيُّ the Prophet

This is the definite subject of 'said', the Prophet, made specific by 'al-' and carrying the subject ending. It names the one whose words follow.

From The One-Third Rule

كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِي إِن الله لَا يُؤَاخذ على دمع الْعين وَلَا حزن الْقلب وَلَكِن يُؤَاخذ على هَذَا وَيرْحَم

As the Prophet said, 'Indeed, Allah does not punish for the tear of the eye or the sadness of the heart, but He punishes for this — or shows mercy.'

النَّبِيُّ the Prophet

Definite noun, 'the Prophet', the subject of 'he said', following the verb. The 'the' marks the specific known Prophet; verb-first order puts the subject after.

From Patience in Hard Times

قَالَ فَجَعَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ يَأْتَمُّ بِصَلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

He said: Abu Bakr then led the prayer while following the Prophet's prayer.

النَّبِيِّ the Prophet

A definite noun, 'the Prophet', the owning half of the pairing before it, in the genitive; it names whose prayer is being followed. The blessing-formula then attaches to this mention.

From Prayer During Illness

فَنَهَاهُمْ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُجِيبُوهُ

Then the Prophet forbade them to answer him.

النَّبِيُّ the Prophet

A definite title 'the Prophet' (built-in 'the') standing as the doer of the forbidding, so it takes the subject ending. The article assimilates in sound to the noun's first letter, but its job is just to make the title definite.

From A Companion at Battle

فَالْتَمَسَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَا يَعْرِفُهُ،

So he sought the Prophet, but he did not recognize him.

النَّبِيَّ the Prophet

Carries the attached 'the', marking the specific Prophet, and its ending is the object case, marking him as the one being sought rather than the seeker.

From A Stranger Finds the Prophet

فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ،

Then the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, came and asked permission.

النَّبِيُّ the Prophet

A title made specific by al- and serving as the named subject of the past verbs around it, both 'came' and 'asked permission'. The definiteness marks him as THE Prophet, and the -u ending flags him as the one acting.

From The Secret Migration

قَالَتْ تَقُولُ هَذَا لِي وَابْنَتُكَ تُؤْذِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

She said, "She says, 'This is mine, and your daughter harms the Prophet, may Allah send blessings and peace upon him.'"

النَّبِيَّ the Prophet

Carries 'al-' and is the direct object of 'harms', so it takes the object ending; the definiteness marks the specific Prophet as the one being hurt.

From Umar and the Prophet's Wives

حَتَّى قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاءَكَ

Until I said, "O Prophet of God, may God make me your ransom."

نَبِيُّ prophet

A noun, 'prophet', used in direct address after the calling particle and heading a possessive pairing, 'prophet of'. It is incomplete until the owner is named next, so it both addresses him and opens the 'X of Y' chain.

From Paradise for the Sincere

فَانْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Then the Prophet withdrew.

النَّبِيُّ the Prophet

A definite noun with al-, but said 'an-nabiyy' because before sun letters the l of al- folds into the following consonant. It is the doer of 'withdrew', the one whose departure the verb just reported, placed after the verb in the usual Arabic order.

From Aisha Cleared of Slander

وَأَخْبَرَ عَنْ نَبِيِّهِ يُوسُفِ الصَّدِيقِ أَنَّ صَبْرَهُ وَتَقْوَاهُ وَصَلَاتُهُ إِلَى مَحَلَّ الْعِزِّ وَالتَّمْكِينِ

And He informed concerning His prophet Joseph, the Truthful, that his patience, piety, and prayer elevated him to a station of honor and firm authority.

نَبِيِّهِ his prophet

A noun ('prophet') with 'His' attached as owner, in the genitive because the preposition before it governs it. The first half of an 'of'-style link, here also tying the prophet to the divine speaker.

From Patience and God's Help

وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ

And in the two authentic hadith collections, it is reported from the Prophet, peace be upon him, that he said:

النَّبِي the Prophet

The al- makes this 'the Prophet' a defined title, and governed by the 'from' before it, it sits in the genitive. It names the authority the report is transmitted from, the source the preposition points to.

From Patience Under Decree