عَشَرten

Example sentences

• من استعاذ بِاللَّه فِي الْيَوْم عشر مَرَّات من الشَّيْطَان الرَّجِيم

  Whoever seeks refuge with Allah ten times a day from the accursed Satan,

  عَشْرَ — ten. This is a counting word that pairs with the noun after it; in Arabic the number and the counted thing form a tight unit, and the noun it counts takes a specific shape because of it. It fixes the quantity at exactly ten.

  From: Ten Daily Supplications →

• فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرُ اِثْنَى عَشَرَ رَجُلًا،

  Only twelve men remained with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

  عَشَرَ — ten. The 'ten' half completing 'twelve' with the 'two' before it; the two words lock together into one teen-number. The count is carried by this fixed pairing rather than by a single number-word.

  From: A Companion at Battle →