وَالِدَيْنِthe two parents

Example sentences

• وَلْيَعْلَمْ الْبَارَّ بِالْوَالِدَيْنِ

  And let the dutiful person know about the parents.

  بِالْوَالِدَيْنِ — toward the two parents. The bi- here means 'toward / to', marking the object of the dutifulness, and it fuses with a dual noun carrying al-, so the word means 'toward the two parents'. The dual ending folds 'exactly two' into the noun itself, a count English spells out separately. The preposition also pulls the noun into the genitive.

  From: Honoring Parents →

• وَيُقَاسُ عَلَى قُرْبِ الْوَالِدَيْنِ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ

  And it is compared to the closeness of the parents to the child.

  الْوَالِدَيْنِ — the parents. This is the dual form — Arabic's dedicated 'exactly two' shape, used here for the pair of parents. Where English would add a separate 'two', Arabic folds the count into the noun's ending. It is the owner completing 'closeness of the parents', so it carries the genitive ending of the possessive link.

  From: Honoring Parents →