سُفْيَانSufyan

Example sentences

• خَرَجَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَحَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍ وَبُدَيْلُ بْنُ وَرْقَاءَ

  Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Hakim ibn Hizam, and Budayl ibn Warqa went out.

  سُفْيَانَ — Sufyan. The owner half of the kunya 'father of Sufyan', so the two words together name one man. Its case ending is fixed by its role as the second, owned noun of that pairing rather than by anything in the wider sentence.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ

  And Sufyan al-Thawri said:

  سُفْيَانُ — Sufyan. This is a proper name standing as the delayed subject of 'said', so it takes the nominative ending as the doer. It trails its verb in the normal Arabic order. It opens the speaker's full name.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →