ظِلٌّshadow

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّ الْمَالَ ظِلٌّ زَائِلٌ وَأَمْرٌ حَائِلٌ،

  For wealth is a fleeting shadow and a thing that obstructs.

  ظِلٌّ — a shadow. This noun is the comment made about the wealth, the predicate completing the inna statement ('wealth is a shadow'). It takes the plain subject-style ending, which is the form a predicate noun wears even though inna put its topic in the accusative.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →