الْمُسْلِمِينَthe Muslims

Example sentences

• حَتَّى يَنْظُرَ إِلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ

  Until he could see the Muslims.

  الْمُسْلِمِينَ — the Muslims. The definite plural 'the Muslims', held in the genitive by the 'toward' before it, shown by the '-ina' ending that marks a sound masculine plural in this case. The article fuses its sound into the noun, but its job is simply to make the group definite.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• كَمَا أَنَّ اللُّصُوصَ قَوَاطِعُ لِطُرُقِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ

  Just as thieves are highwaymen who block Muslims' access to the ways of the world.

  الْمُسْلِمِينَ — the Muslims. Definite plural 'the Muslims', in the genitive ending because the preceding 'upon / against' governs it. It names the people whose road is being cut, the targets of the thieves in the analogy.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →