عباد servants in Arabic
عباد is how you say “servants” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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More example sentences
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'.
﴿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.