سُلَيْمَانُSulayman

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ ﵊

  And Sulayman said.

  سُلَيْمَانُ — Sulayman. This proper name is the speaker, and it lands after its verb in the usual verb-first order. As the one doing the saying it takes the plain naming case Arabic gives to the doer of an action. No 'the' is needed because a personal name is already specific on its own.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →

• بَيِّنًا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ﵇ يَسْعَى فِي مَوْكِبِهِ

  While Solomon, son of David, was walking in his procession.

  سُلَيْمَان — Solomon. This proper name is the one walking, the subject of the backdrop scene, so it takes the naming case for the doer. As a name it is already definite without 'the'. It anchors the 'while so-and-so was...' frame opened just before.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →

• فَوَقَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ

  Then Sulaiman stopped.

  سُلَيْمَانُ — Sulaiman. This proper name is the one who stopped, the subject following its verb in normal Arabic order, so it takes the naming case for the doer. As a name it is already definite. It identifies who halted.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →

• فَقَتَلَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ ﵇

  So Suleiman killed him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

  سُلَيْمَانُ — Suleiman. This proper name is the one who carried out the killing, the subject following its verb in normal order, so it takes the naming case for the doer. As a name it is already definite. It identifies the king as the executor of the sentence.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →

• فَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ خُذُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ صَاحِبُكُمْ

  So Solomon said, 'Take him, for indeed he is your companion.'

  سُلَيْمَانُ — Solomon. A proper name standing as the doer of the preceding verb 'said'. Arabic typically puts the verb first and the named subject after it, so even though English would say 'Solomon said', the order here is 'said Solomon'. The name carries the subject role for the verb in front of it.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →