حِكَايَةstory

Example sentences

• اربط المعنى بصورةٍ وحكايةٍ ومكانٍ في المصحف أو الهامش؛

  Connect the meaning with an image, a story, and a place in the Quran or the margin;

  وَحِكَايَةٍ — and a story. 'and a story,' joined by 'and,' the 'bi-' carrying over — the second hook. Linking meaning to a STORY gives it a narrative handle, easier to recall.

  From: Retaining the Quran →

• قلت ولا التفات إلى أبي حمزة في حكايته فجاء أسد فأخرجني ،

  I said, there is no attention to Abu Hamza in his story where a lion came and rescued me,

  حِكَايَتِهِ — his story. A noun with a possessor pronoun stuck on its end, 'story' plus 'his'. The attached 'his' points back to the man named just before, marking the story as belonging to him, and the noun sits under the 'in' that governs it.

  From: Trust in God →