أَجْنَادsoldiers

Example sentences

• وَهَذَا أبلغ فِي الإعجاز من مقاومة الْقَوْم بالجنود

  And this is a greater miracle than resisting the people with armies.

  بِالْأَجْنَادِ — with soldiers. 'Bi-' (with) fused with a broken plural 'troops / soldiers', genitive — 'by means of armies'. The 'bi-' marks the means: God's quiet miracle outdoes resisting them with armies.

  From: The Night of the Migration →

• إِذا سَافر الْمُحب للقاء محبوبه ركبت جُنُوده مَعَه

  When the lover travels to meet his beloved, his armies accompany him.

  أَجْنَادُهُ — his armies. A broken plural 'troops / armies' with '-hu' (his) attached, the subject of 'rode out', nominative — his inner forces (love, hope, and the rest). The suffix points to the lover.

  From: Stages of the Seeker →