سُفْيَانِSufyan

Example sentences

• تَمُرُّ كَتِيبَةً كَتِيبَةً عَلَى أَبِيِ سُفْيَانِ،

  Unit after unit passes by Abu Sufyan.

  سُفْيَانِ — Sufyan. The owned half of the kunya 'father of Sufyan', also in the genitive because the whole name is governed by the preposition. Its ending fits both the name-pair and the preposition's pull.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانِ يَا عَبَّاسُ حَبَّذَا يَوْمُ الذِّمَارِ

  So Abu Sufyan said, "O Abbas, how excellent is the Day of Dhimar."

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

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• حَتَّى لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا سُفْيَانِ وَثَبَ عَلَى جَمَلٍ لَهُ مَعْقُولٌ

  I even saw Abu Sufyan leap onto his tied camel.

  سُفْيَانِ — Sufyan. This is the second half of the name, the part 'father of' was waiting for, set in the genitive as the owned member of the name-pair. Together they name the person seen. The pairing works like a possessive chain, so the pieces stay joined.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →

• فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانِ

  So I came to the Messenger of God, and began to tell him about Abu Sufyan.

  سُفْيَانِ — Sufyan. This is the second half of the name, the part 'father of' was waiting for, in the genitive as the owned member of the name-pair. Together they name the man the narrator told about. The pairing works like a possessive chain, so the pieces stay joined.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →