أَحْوَالِstates

Example sentences

• وَمِنْ أَحْوَالِ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْحَرْبُ سِجَالًا وَدَوْلًا بَيِّنًا دُعَاةَ الدِّينِ وَدُعَاةِ الْهَوَى

  One of the believer's states is that the struggle is a fierce, alternating contest between the call of religion and the call of desire.

  أَحْوَالِ — states. A plural noun standing as the first half of an 'of' pairing with 'the believer' right after it: 'states of the believer'. Arabic builds possession by placing the two nouns side by side with no separate word for 'of', and the owner noun follows.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →

• وَتَكُونُ الْحَالُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مُوَازَنَةً لِهَذِهِ الْأَحْوَالِ الثَّلاَثِ

  And on the Day of Resurrection the state will be a balance for these three conditions.

  الْأَحْوَالِ — the conditions. A definite plural noun, the thing pointed at by 'these' and governed by the preceding 'for', so it carries the genitive ending. It names the conditions that the final weighing is set against.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →