شَبَهٌresemblance

Example sentences

• فَسَبَقَهَا مَاءُهُ كَانَ الشَّبَهُ لَهُ،

  If his seminal fluid came first, the resemblance was his.

  الشَّبَهُ — the resemblance. A definite noun 'the resemblance' standing as the subject of the framing 'was', in the doer-ending. The 'the' marks the specific likeness in question, and the framing verb pairs it with the 'to him' that follows.

  From: What Was Created First →

• وَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُهَا كَانَ الشَّبَهُ لَهَا

  And if her fluid came first, the resemblance was hers.

  الشَّبَهُ — the resemblance. A definite noun 'the resemblance' standing as subject of the framing 'was', in the doer-ending. The 'the' marks the specific likeness, and the framing verb pairs it with the 'to her' that follows.

  From: What Was Created First →