رَبِيعُRabīʿ (name)

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ الْرَّبِيعُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

  And al-Rabi', may Allah have mercy on him, said.

  الْرَّبِيعُ — al-Rabi'. This proper name is the doer of the saying, and Arabic flags that role by putting it in the subject case, heard as a final -u. Word order here is verb-then-subject, which is the normal Arabic pattern, so the name follows the verb even though English would put the speaker first.

  From: Silence and Supplication →

• قَالَ لِيَّ الشَّافِعِيُّ يَا رَبِيعُ

  Al-Shafi'i said to me, 'O Rabi'.

  رَبِيعُ — Rabi. A name in direct-address position; after the calling particle the name takes a special light ending rather than the usual subject mark. Arabic signals 'I am speaking straight to you' through this shape, where English would just say the name.

  From: Silence and Supplication →