الشَّأْمِSyria

Example sentences

• قَالَ وَيْلَكُمْ أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مِنْ غِفَارٍ وَأَنَّ طَرِيقَ تِجَارِكُمْ إِلَى الشَّأْمِ فَأَنْقَذَهُ مِنْهُمْ،

  He said, "Woe to you! Do you not know that he is from Ghifar and that your merchants travel to Syria, so he rescued him from them?"

  الشَّأْمِ — Syria. A classical region-name standing in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the 'to' before it governs it. It is the endpoint of the trade route just described.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →