سفيانSufyan

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.

  From: Sincerity and Hypocrisy →