الْأَرْضِthe earth

Example sentences

• فَسَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ،

  So he asked about the most learned of the people of the earth.

  الْأَرْضِ — the earth. This noun carries 'al-' (the) and closes the stacked possessive chain as its final owner: 'the people of the earth'. It sits in the 'of...' (genitive) shape the chain requires, and its definiteness, supplied by 'al-', flows back up to make the whole superlative phrase definite.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →

• أَدْنَى إِلَى الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَرَادَ،

  nearer to the ground that he intended,

  الْأَرْضِ — the ground. This noun carries the 'al-' prefix marking it definite, and it sits in the genitive as the object of the preceding direction-preposition, which is why its tail ending differs from a plain subject form. It names the place that the man ended up closer to.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →

• و﴿قَالَ رَبَّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ﴾

  And he said, My Lord, because You have led me astray, I will surely make what is on the earth appear attractive to them, and I will lead them all astray.

  الْأَرْضِ — what is on the earth. The definite noun governed by the preceding 'in', so it stands in the genitive. It names the sphere, the earth, within which the luring is to happen.

  From: What Worship Really Means →

• فَإِنَّكَ تَصِيرُ إِلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ

  So indeed you will come to such a place on the earth.

  الأَرْض — the earth. The al- marks this as the definite, specific earth. Following the preposition, it takes the post-preposition case shown by its final vowel. It names the domain that the 'of' phrase narrowed down to.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →

• فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا

  Corruption in the earth, so as if he killed the people entirely, and whoever revived it, so as if he revived the people entirely.

  الْأَرْضِ — the earth. A noun with al- 'the', definite, 'the earth/land', in the genitive because 'in' governs it. The al- makes it the specific known earth. As the object of 'in' it names the scene of the corruption.

  From: The Gravity of Murder →