مَدِّthe tide

Example sentences

• فَقُلْ لَهُ إِشْرَبْ مَا بَيْنَ ضِفَّتَيَّ النَّهْرِ أَوِ الْمَدِّ

  Then say to him, "Drink whatever is between my two banks, the river or the tide."

  الْمَدِّ — the tide. A definite noun with 'al-' (the), the second option after 'or'. It balances 'the river' across the 'or' as the alternative reading of the boundary. The article marks it as a specific, known thing.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →