شَافِعِيُّShāfiʿī (name)

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ

  And al-Shafi'i, may Allah be pleased with him, said.

  الشَّافِعِيُّ — al-Shafi'i. A proper name, al-Shafi'i, the subject of 'said'. It is a relational name (a nisba) whose final vowel marks it as the subject; the leading 'the' has merged into the following sound.

  From: Silence and Supplication →

• قَالَ لِيَّ الشَّافِعِيُّ يَا رَبِيعُ

  Al-Shafi'i said to me, 'O Rabi'.

  الشَّافِعِيُّ — al-Shafi'i. A relationship-name (the 'belonging to' type formed with an -i ending) standing as the speaker of the verb. It sits in the subject case and, in normal Arabic order, trails the verb that reports what he said.

  From: Silence and Supplication →