مِثْلٌsame

Example sentences

• وَإِن هُوَ قمر صَاحبه فعل بِهِ مثل ذَلِك

  And if he won against his companion, he would do the same to him.

  مِثْلَ — the same. 'mithl' = 'like, the same as'; first half of an 'of' phrase: 'the like of...'.

  From: Luqman's Response to Injustice →

• فَقَالَ لَهُ الثَّانِيَة مثل ذَلِك فاعرض عَنهُ

  So he said to him a second time the same thing, but he turned away from him.

  مِثْلَ — the same. 'mithl' = 'the like of'; first half of an 'of' phrase, the object here.

  From: Luqman's Response to Injustice →

• ثمَّ قَالَ لَهُ الثَّالِثَة مثل ذَلِك فاعرض عَنهُ

  Then he said to him a third time the same thing, but he turned away from him.

  مِثْلَ — the same. 'mithl' = 'the like of'; first half of an 'of' phrase, the object.

  From: Luqman's Response to Injustice →

• ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِأَمَةٍ فَقَالَتْ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ إِبْنِي مِثْلَ هَذِهِ فَتَرَكَ ثَدْيَهَا

  Then he passed by a slave-girl, and she said, "O God, do not make my son like this." Then he left her breast.

  مِثْلَ — like. A comparison noun 'like/the equal of' heading into the demonstrative that follows. It is the second object of 'make' -- the model her son must not be cast as -- and it sets up 'like this (slave-girl)'.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →