صَفْوَانِSufyan

Example sentences

• أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْلَا أَنَّكَ مَعَ أَبِي صَفْوَانِ مَا رَجَعْتَ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ سَالِمًا

  By God, had you not been with Abu Sufyan, you would not have returned safely to your family.

  صَفْوَانِ — Sufyan. The name closing the 'father of...' byname, in the 'of' (genitive) shape inherited through the chain. It completes the name of the protector being invoked.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ أُمَيَّةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ قَالَ يَا أُمُّ صَفْوَانِ،

  So when Umayya returned to his household, he said, 'O Umm Safwan,'

  صَفْوَانِ — Safwan. The name closing the 'mother of...' byname, owned by the kunya head and in the 'of' (genitive) shape. It completes the woman's byname.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• ثُمَّ قَالَ أُمَيَّةُ يَا أُمُّ صَفْوَانِ جَهِّزِينِي

  Then Umayya said, "O Umm Safwan, prepare me."

  صَفْوَانِ — Safwan. The name closing the 'mother of...' byname, owned by the kunya head and in the 'of' (genitive) shape. It completes the woman's byname.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• كَمَاءً دَحْرَجْتُهُ عَلَى صَفْوَانِ

  Like water, I rolled it over a smooth stone.

  صَفْوَانِ — a smooth stone. An indefinite noun standing as the object of the preposition before it, which is why it carries the genitive ending. It is the surface the rolling moves over; the preposition and this noun together form the place-phrase that completes the picture of the action.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →