عبادservants in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إخْوَانًا،

  and be, O servants of Allah, brothers.

  عِبَادَ — servants of. 'Servants of', a called-out vocative dropped into the command, 'O servants of God'. As a vocative in construct it takes the accusative '-a' and heads an 'of' pairing with the divine name.

  From: Brotherhood in Islam →

• كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى ﴿قُلْ لِعِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ﴾،

  as He, Exalted be He, said: 'Say to My servants who have believed to establish prayer',

  لِعِبَادِيَ — to My servants. Three pieces sit in one word: a prefix meaning 'to/for', a plural noun 'servants', and a 'my' ending. The prefix marks who the speech is aimed at, and the closing suffix shows the servants belong to the speaker, God. So one written word carries 'to my servants'.

  From: The Messenger as Conveyor of Revelation →

• ﴿وَقُلْ لِعِبَادِي يَقُولُوا الَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ﴾،

  'Say to My servants to speak that which is best',

  لِعِبَادِي — to My servants. One word holds a 'to/for' prefix, the noun 'servants', and a 'my' ending. The prefix points the speech toward them and the closing suffix shows they belong to the speaker. Arabic regularly packs a preposition, a noun, and a possessor into a single written unit like this.

  From: The Messenger as Conveyor of Revelation →