Arabic vocabulary

سفيانSufyan in Arabic

سفيان is how you say “Sufyan” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَلِهَذَا قَالَ أَئِمَّة الْمُسلمين كسفيان الثَّوْريّ أَن الْبِدْعَة أحب إِلَى إِبْلِيس من الْمعْصِيَة
And this is why the leaders of the Muslims, like Sufyan al-Thawri, said that innovation is more beloved to Iblis than sin.
كَسُفْيَانَ — like Sufyan. The 'like/as' prefix is fused onto a name, and this comparison prefix puts the name into the genitive case. It gives an example, 'like Sufyan', singling out one of the leaders just mentioned.
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