عِبَاد servants in Arabic

وَإِذا تجلى بِصِفَات الْكِفَايَة والحسب وَالْقِيَام بمصالح الْعباد

And when He manifests in the attributes of sufficiency, care, and attending to the interests of the servants.

الْعِبَادِ of the servants

The owner completing 'the interests of the servants', genitive, definite. Those whose welfare God attends to — the close of the passage.

From Humility Before the Divine

ولا تدابروا، وكونوا عباد الله إخوانًا كما أمركم

And do not turn away from one another, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers as He commanded you.

عِبَادَ servants

This noun is the first half of a possessive pairing with 'Allah', meaning 'servants of Allah', set side by side with no word for 'of'. It also functions as a direct address, a call to the listeners, which is why it stands in this object-like form rather than as a plain subject.

From Avoid Envy and Suspicion

وفي رواية لا تحاسدوا، ولا تباغضوا، ولا تجسسوا، ولا تحسسوا ولا تناجشوا وكونوا عباد الله إخوانًا

And in a version: 'Do not envy, do not hate, do not spy, do not look for faults, do not artificially raise bids, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers.'

عِبَادَ servants

This noun is the first half of the 'servants of Allah' pairing and also a direct address to the listeners, which is why it appears in this object-like form. The two nouns sit side by side with no separate word for 'of'.

From Avoid Envy and Suspicion

فَإِنَّ كَمَالَ عِلْمِهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ وَحِكْمَتِهِ تَأْبَى أَنْ يُقِرَّ مَنْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِ وَافْتَرَى عَلَيْهِ وَأَضَلَّ عِبَادَهُ وَاسْتَبَاحَ دِمَاءَ مَنْ كَذَّبَهُ وَحَرِيمَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ،

For His perfect knowledge, power, and wisdom refuse that He would approve of someone who fabricated against Him, misled His servants, justified the bloodshed of those who denied him, their sanctities, and their wealth.

عَبَادَهُ His servants

This pairs the noun 'servants' with an attached 'his', the owner being God, and it is the object of the misleading implied here, carrying the object ending. The attached pronoun marks them as God's servants, the ones led astray.

From Proof of the True Messenger

قَالَ الرِّيَاءُ، يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ يُجَازِي الْعِبَادَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ اذْهَبُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ تُرَاءُونَهُمْ بِأَعْمَالِكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَانْظُرُوا هَلْ تَجِدُونَ عِنْدَهُمْ جَزَاءً

He said: 'It is showing off. Allah will say on the Day He recompenses people for their deeds: Go to those for whom you showed off in the world and see if you find any reward with them.'

الْعِبَادَ the people

A noun, 'the servants', with 'the' for the known group, its ending marking it the direct object of the recompensing. It is whom the action is done to.

From The Hidden Idolatry

وقال عليه الصلاة والسلام إن لله عبادا يضن بهم عن القتل والسقم،

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, God has servants who He spares from killing and illness.

عِبَادًا servants

A bare indefinite noun, 'servants', the delayed subject under the emphasis particle, in the special object-shaped ending that particle imposes. With the fronted 'for Allah', the sense is 'God has servants'.

From Health as a Blessing

فَقَالَ يَا معَاذ أَتَدْرِي مَا حق الله على الْعباد

So he said, 'O Muadh, do you know what is Allah's right upon the servants?'

الْعِبَادِ the servants

This noun carries 'the', making it definite, and its ending shows the genitive case because the preposition before it governs it. It names the group on whom the duty falls, completing the obligation phrase.

From Worship and Repentance

قَالَ حق الله على الْعباد أَن يعبدوه وَلَا يشركوا بِهِ شَيْئا

He said, 'Allah's right upon the servants is that they worship Him and do not associate anything with Him.'

الْعِبَادِ the servants

This noun is definite with 'the' and sits in the genitive case because the preposition before it governs it. It names those bound by the duty, completing the 'upon the servants' phrase.

From Worship and Repentance

وَحقّ الْعبَاد على الله أَن لَا يعذب من لَا يُشْرك بِهِ

And the servants' right upon Allah is that He does not punish those who do not associate anything with Him.

الْعِبَادِ of the servants

This is the owner in the possessive pairing, the second of two nouns set side by side, and it takes the genitive ending to express 'of'. It marks the servants as the ones this right belongs to, with the case ending alone doing the work of 'of'.

From Worship and Repentance

وَالْعِبَادَة هِيَ الْغَايَة الَّتِي خلق الله لَهَا الْعباد من جِهَة أَمر الله ومحبته وَرضَاهُ

And worship is the goal for which Allah created the servants, concerning His command, love, and approval.

الْعِبَادَ the servants

This noun carries 'the' and its ending marks it as the object of the creating verb, the thing brought into being. Notice its ending differs from a subject noun: Arabic shows the receiver of the action by this accusative ending rather than by word order alone.

From Worship and Repentance

وَإِعْلَمُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ أَنَّ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَالَ

And know, servants of God, that God, the Exalted, said

عِبَادَ servants

This plural noun is a direct call to the listeners; it heads an 'of' pairing with the divine name, so it gives up its own article to lean on that name: 'servants of God'.

From Charity and Stinginess