حَسْبُنَاsufficient for us

Example sentences

• وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

  They said, "God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs."

  حَسْبُنَا — sufficient for us. A noun 'sufficiency/enough' with an 'us' pronoun fused on, meaning 'enough for us'. It serves as the predicate placed first, with the divine name as its delayed subject; Arabic freely fronts the predicate like this. The attached pronoun marks the speakers as those for whom God suffices.

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• فِي قَوْلِهِ وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

  Concerning His saying, "They said, 'God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs.'"

  حَسْبُنَا — sufficient for us. A noun 'sufficiency/enough' with an 'us' pronoun fused on, meaning 'enough for us', placed first as the predicate of a verbless sentence. The divine name following is its delayed subject; Arabic freely fronts the predicate this way. The attached pronoun marks the speakers as those served.

  From: Trust and Piety →