أَوَّّلُthe first

Example sentences

• وَمَا أَوَّّلُ طَعَامِ يَأْكُلُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ

  And what is the first food the people of Paradise will eat?

  أَوَّلُ — the first. An ordinal noun 'the first' heading an ownership pairing with 'food': the first of food. As head it draws on the noun after it, framing the question as 'what is the foremost food'.

  From: What Was Created First →

• وَهِيَ يَا أَوَّّلُ يَا آخِرُ

  And it is: O First, O Last.

  أَوَّّلُ — First. The divine name 'the First', here the one being called upon after 'O'. As the addressed word in a direct call it stands in the bare subject-style form rather than taking 'the' or a case from a preposition. It is the object of the preceding vocative particle.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →