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عِبَادٌ servants in Arabic

عِبَادٌ is how you say “servants” in Arabic.

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يدبر أَمر عباده

He manages the affairs of His servants,

عِبَادِهِ of His servants

A broken plural 'servants' with '-hi' (His) attached, the owner completing 'the affair of His servants', genitive. Those whose matters He governs.

From God's Majesty

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More example sentences

لَيْسَ لِعِبَادِهِ من دونه ولي وَلَا شَفِيع

His servants have no guardian or intercessor besides Him.

لِعِبَادِهِ His servants

'Li-' (for / to) fused with a broken plural 'servants' plus '-hi' (His) attached, genitive — 'for His servants [there is not]…'. The 'li-' marks the possessor in the existence-denial: they have none.

From God's Majesty

وأضل عباده واستباح دماء من كذبه وحريمهم وأموالهم

And leads His servants astray and permits the blood of those who deny him, and their sanctities and wealth.

عِبَادَهُ His servants

This noun, his servants, is the object of the leading-astray and so takes the accusative, with the possessor attached at the end. The suffix points back to God, marking these as God's own servants, the very ones the imagined fabricator would mislead.

From False Prophets

قسم عباده فمنهم الفهماء ومنهم الغثر،

He divided His servants: among them are the insightful and among them are the heedless,

عِبَادَهُ His servants

This noun is the thing acted upon, and a possessive 'his' is fused to its end, tying the servants to God named in the passage. The word is a plural, and the attached owner converts a plain 'servants' into 'his servants' in one unit, with the pronoun pointing back to the divine subject of the verb.

From Rain and God's Decree

وَقَدْ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عِبَادَهُ أَنْ يَقُولُوا فِي الصَّلٰوَةِ

And Allah, the Exalted, has commanded His servants to say in the prayer.

عِبَادَهُ His servants

'Servants' with '-hu' ('His') fused on, so the word means 'His servants'. The '-hu' points back to God, and the noun is in the object ending as the ones commanded, the recipients of the order.

From Seeking Refuge from the Devil

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