شُعْبَةُShu'bah

Example sentences

• قَالَ النَّضْرُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ،

  An-Nadr said: Shu'bah told us.

  شُعْبَةُ — Shu'bah. A proper name of the narrator, here the named doer of the informing verb just before, in the basic subject form. It identifies who passed the report on.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• وَقَدْ كَانَ شُعْبَةُ يُحَدِّثُ، فَإِذَا رَأَى الْمَزِيدُ النَّحْوِيُّ قَالَ إِنَّهُ أَبُو زَيْدٍ الْبَسِيطُ

  And indeed Shu'ba used to narrate, and whenever al-Mazid the grammarian saw him, he would say: Indeed he is Abu Zayd al-Basit:

  شُعْبَةُ — Shu'ba. A man's proper name standing as the doer of the 'used to' construction, so it is the subject who habitually narrated. It carries the plain subject-form ending, naming who the habitual action belongs to.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →