الصَّالِحِينَthe righteous

Example sentences

• وَأَنَّهُمْ هُمْ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَئِكَ رَفِيقًا،

  And that they are those on whom Allah has bestowed favor: the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. Those are excellent companions.

  وَالصَّالِحِينَ — and the righteous. The final list-joining wa- ('and') closes the roster of favoured people. Like its siblings it just appends a category, keeping the definite article and the shared genitive plural ending so the reader feels the list as one continuous apposition. Nothing new is started; the connector only completes the set begun by 'min'.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →