الْوَعْدِthe promise

Example sentences

• فَجَعَلَتْ أَنْ تَقُولَ مَتَى تَصْدِيقًا لِمَا أَتَى مِنَ الْوَعْدِ يَا فَتًى،

  So she began to say, "When will there be confirmation of what has come of the promise, O young man?"

  الْوَعْدِ — the promise. A definite noun carrying its own 'the', standing as the object of the preceding 'from'. The definiteness flags it as a specific, already-known promise rather than just any promise.

  From: On Birth and Its Timing →