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أَشْكَالِ the forms in Arabic

أَشْكَالِ is how you say “the forms” in Arabic.

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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.

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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

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