سَبْعseven

Example sentences

• ثم يمكث الناس سبع سنين ليس بين اثنين عداوة،

  Then people will remain for seven years without any enmity between two individuals.

  سَبْعَ — seven. This is the number 'seven', in the accusative to mark a span of time, and it heads a possessive — 'seven OF years'. With the small numbers 3 to 10 the counted noun comes as a plural in the genitive, which the next word shows.

  From: The Return of Jesus →

• فَوَجَدْنَا الْعُلَمَاءَ رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهَا، فَقِيلَ هِيَ سَبْعٌ وَاحْتَجُّوا بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ

  We found the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed regarding them. It was said they are seven, citing the Prophet's saying: 'Avoid the seven destructive sins'.

  سَبْعٌ — seven. A bare indefinite number-noun, 'seven', the predicate of the verbless claim 'they are seven'. Arabic needs no 'are'; the noun by itself states the count.

  From: What Small Worship Erases →

• فَوَجَدْنَا الْعُلَمَاءَ رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهَا، فَقِيلَ هِيَ سَبْعٌ وَاحْتَجُّوا بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ

  We found the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed regarding them. It was said they are seven, citing the Prophet's saying: 'Avoid the seven destructive sins'.

  السَّبْعَ — the seven. A noun with 'the', 'the seven', the object of 'avoid'. Its ending marks it the thing acted upon, and the numeral here stands as a noun being commanded against.

  From: What Small Worship Erases →

• وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هِيَ إِلَى السَّبْعِينَ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهَا إِلَى السَّبْعِ

  Ibn Abbas said: They are closer to seventy than to seven.

  السَّبْعِ — the seven. A number-noun with 'the', 'the seven', held in the (genitive) form by the 'to' before it. It is the lower figure against which the comparison is made.

  From: What Small Worship Erases →