أَشْكَالِthe forms

Example sentences

• وَكَانَتْ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ الْأَشْكَالِ وَأَعْظَمِهَا،

  She was among the most beautiful and greatest forms,

  الْأَشْكَالِ — the forms. The completing half of 'the most beautiful of the forms', a definite plural ('al-'). It stands in the genitive as the set out of which the superlative singles one out, naming the category of forms compared.

  From: Adam, Eve, and the Forbidden Tree →

• وَضُرُوبِ الْأَقِيسَةِ وَتَنَوُّعِ الْأَشْكَالِ؟

  And the kinds of arguments and the variety of forms?

  الْأَشْكَالِ — the forms. A definite plural noun completing the 'of' pair, 'the variety of the forms', and genitive as the owner. The pairing points to the many shapes of argument he might multiply. It closes this rhetorical question, which ends marvelling at all such useless devices.

  From: Ignoring God's Guidance →