سُفْيَانَSufyan

Example sentences

• أَنَّ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ عِيَيْنَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ قَالَ لَهُ

  That Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him.

  سُفْيَانَ — Sufyan. This name is the subject of the reported clause, yet because the 'that' particle precedes it, Arabic puts it in the object case, heard as a final -a. So the doer wears an object-looking ending purely because of the particle, a quirk with no English parallel.

  From: Silence and Supplication →

• فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ أَفِي الْقَوْمِ مُحَمَّدٌ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ،

  Then Abu Sufyan said, "Is Muhammad among the people?" three times.

  سُفْيَانَ — Sufyan. The name closing the 'father of...' unit, completing the kunya 'Abu Sufyan'; it takes the second-slot genitive ending of such a pairing. Position and ending fuse the two words into one name.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ مَا هَذِهِ لَكَأَنَّهَا نِيرَانُ عَرَفَةَ

  Abu Sufyan said, "What are these? They look like the fires of Arafat."

  سُفْيَانَ — Sufyan. The owned half of the kunya 'father of Sufyan', completing the speaker's name. Its ending reflects its place inside that name-pair, not the surrounding sentence.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ عَمْرُو أَقَلُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

  Abu Sufyan said, "Amr is less than that."

  سُفْيَانَ — Sufyan. The owned half of the kunya 'father of Sufyan', completing the name. Its ending belongs to the name-pair, not to the wider clause.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• فَأَسْلَمَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ،

  Then Abu Sufyan embraced Islam.

  سُفْيَانَ — Sufyan. The owned half of the kunya 'father of Sufyan', completing the subject's name. Its ending belongs to the name-pair, not to the clause around it.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• اِحْبِسْ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ عِنْدَ حَطْمِ الْخَيْلِ

  Detain Abu Sufyan at Hatm al-Khayl.

  سُفْيَانَ — Sufyan. The owned half of the kunya 'father of Sufyan', completing the name of the man to be detained. Its ending fits the name-pair; the whole two-word name functions as the single object of the command.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• فَقَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ

  Then Sa'd ibn 'Ubada said, "O Abu Sufyan."

  سُفْيَانَ — Sufyan. The owned half of the kunya 'father of Sufyan', completing the name of the man being addressed. Its ending belongs to the name-pair within the call.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• فَلَمَّا مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ

  When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by Abu Sufyan.

  سُفْيَانَ — Sufyan. The owned half of the kunya 'Abu Sufyan', also in the genitive because the whole name is governed by the bi- before it. Its ending reflects both the name-pair and the preposition's pull.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →