الْأَسْلِحَةِthe weapons

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَمَّا عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي لَا أَخَافُ مِنَ الْعَصَا وَلَا مِنَ الأَسْلِحَةِ

  So he said to me, "O Abu Sa'id, did you not know that I do not fear the stick or the weapons?"

  الأَسْلِحَةِ — the weapons. A plural noun made definite by 'al-' and held in the genitive by the preposition before it. It names the second category dismissed as harmless. The plural shape covers weapons in general, not one weapon.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →