طَالِبٍTalib

Example sentences

• وقال علي بن أبي طالب روحوا القلوب واطلبوا لها طرف الحكمة فإنها تمل كما تمل الأبدان

  Ali ibn Abi Talib said, 'Refresh the hearts and seek for them a portion of wisdom, for they get weary as bodies get weary.'

  طَالِبٍ — Talib. The final link of the kunya 'father of Talib': as the owned name it sits in the genitive. The whole stack names one man by his lineage, built purely by adjacency.

  From: Reviving the Heart →

• وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ بَعْضُ الْعُلَمَاءِ أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ حَضَرَ الْعَقْدَ وَمَعَهُ بَنُو مُضَرٍ،

  Some scholars reported that Abu Talib attended the marriage contract accompanied by the Banu Mudar.

  طَالِبٍ — Talib. The second part of the kunya ('Talib'), the owned half of 'father OF Talib', in the genitive within the name. Set right after 'father of' with no word for 'of', it completes the compound name Abu Talib.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →