رُكْنِRukn in Arabic

Example sentences

• كَانَ الْوَزِيرُ ابْنُ يُوْنُسِ الْحَنَبَلِيُّ قَدْ عَقَدَ مَجْلِسًا لِلرُّكْنِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَادِرِ الْجِيلِيِّ،

  The minister Ibn Yunus al-Hanbali had convened a session for al-Rukn Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jili,

  لِلرُّكْنِ — for al-Rukn. A preposition 'for' fused to a definite title 'al-Rukn', naming the person the session was held for. The preposition governs the following name into the genitive, and the long name-chain after it all stays in that governed case.

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• فَأَمَرَّ بِتَسْلِيمِهِ إِلَى الرُكْنِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ،

  So he ordered his handing over to the commander Servant of Peace,

  الرُكْنِ — the commander. A definite noun 'the commander / pillar', a title held in the genitive by the 'to' preposition; its 'the' marks the specific official, named by the compound name that follows.

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