فِدَاءٌransom in Arabic

Example sentences

• قَالَ فسلني الْفِدَاء

  He said, 'Ask me for the ransom.'

  الْفِدَاءَ — the ransom. 'al-' = 'the'; 'fida'' = 'ransom'. Object — the '-a' ending marks it.

  From: Luqman's Response to Injustice →

• فَٱغْفِرْ فِدَاءٌ لَكَ مَا اِقْتَفَيْنَا وَثَبِّّتْ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَا

  So forgive us; let what we have followed be a ransom for you, and make our steps firm if we meet.

  فِدَاءٌ — a ransom. An indefinite noun, 'a ransom', and its -un ending marks it as both unspecified and the standing subject of this little verbless clause. Arabic can build a full statement with no verb, two nouns set in balance, and this is the offered thing being equated with what follows.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →