حَيُّthe Ever-Living

Example sentences

• اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ

  God—there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer.

  الْحَيُّ — the Ever-Living. A descriptive name carrying 'the', set in apposition to the divine name to add a further title. Sharing the definite article and the subject ending with the noun it describes, it stacks another attribute onto the same referent rather than starting a new thought.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →