الصَّدَاقُthe dowry

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ خُطِبَتْ خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ وَبُذِلَ لَهَا الصَّدَاقُ مَا آجِلَهُ وَعَاجِلُهُ مِنْ مَالِي،

  And Khadijah bint Khuwaylid was betrothed, and her dowry, both its deferred and its immediate parts, was paid from my wealth,

  الصَّدَاقَ — the dowry. The al- makes this definite, 'the' dowry, the specific known sum. As the thing given, it stands as the receiver-of-the-action and wears the accusative object ending, marking it as what was paid.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →