دِينٍreligion

Example sentences

• أصول الدين هو اسم عظيم،

  'The Fundamentals of Religion' is a great name,

  الدِّينِ — the religion. This completes 'the foundations of religion', so it takes the genitive of the possessive bond. Together the two words form the title being discussed. The owner-noun is what lends the whole phrase its definiteness.

  From: Scripture Over Speculation →

• فهما أصول دين الإسلام، ليس إلا،

  For they are the fundamentals of the religion of Islam, nothing else.

  دِينِ — of the religion. This noun sits in the genitive as the middle link of a three-noun possessive chain — 'foundations of the RELIGION of Islam'. It is owned by the foundations and itself owns the name that follows. Arabic can stack such 'of' links without any connecting word.

  From: Scripture Over Speculation →

• فأصول دين السلف الإيمان بالله وكتبه ورسله وملائكته،

  The fundamentals of the religion of the predecessors were faith in Allah, His books, His messengers, His angels,

  دِينِ — of the religion. Genitive as the middle link of a three-noun chain — 'foundations of the RELIGION of the predecessors'. It is owned above and owns below, with each 'of' shown only by juxtaposition and the genitive ending. Arabic stacks these links wordlessly.

  From: Scripture Over Speculation →

• وأصول دين الخلف هو ما صنفوا فيه،

  The fundamentals of the religion of the later generations are what they compiled,

  دِينِ — of the religion. Genitive middle link of the chain — 'foundations of the RELIGION of the later folk'. Owned above, owning below, with the 'of' shown only by juxtaposition and the genitive ending.

  From: Scripture Over Speculation →

• إِحْدَاهَا أَنْ يَكُونَ الْقَهْرُ وَالْغَلْبَةُ لِدَاعِيِّ الدَّيْنِ

  One of them is that coercion and dominance belong to the advocate of religion.

  الدَّيْنِ — of religion. This definite noun completes a possessive pairing with 'advocate' before it, giving 'advocate of religion'. It stands in the genitive both as the owner in that pairing and under the reach of the earlier 'to', and Arabic links the two nouns simply by placing them together.

  From: Three States of the Heart →