سُلَيْمَانَSulayman

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قُولِي لَهُ يَدْخُلْ وَحْدَهُ

  So Muhammad ibn Sulayman said, "Tell him to enter alone."

  سُلَيْمَانِ — Sulayman. The father's name completing the 'son of...' pairing, in the genitive shape. As the second member of the side-by-side pair it takes the genitive ending, naming the father.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ النَّبِيِّ

  A man came to the Prophet Suleiman.

  سُلَيْمَان — Suleiman. This proper name follows the 'to' preposition, so it takes the post-preposition case, and it also opens a possessive-style pair with the title after it, 'so-and-so the prophet'. As a name it is already definite. It is the destination the man traveled toward.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →