هُمthey

Example sentences

• قال هم الجلساء لا يشقى بهم جليسهم

  He said: They are the sitting companions; no one who sits with them will be wretched.

  هُمُ — They are. This is the subject pronoun 'they', opening a verbless sentence — 'they [are]...'. It announces the group before the predicate names them.

  From: Where Angels Gather →

• ونظيره قوله سبحان ﴿لا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلا هُمْ مِنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ﴾

  And a similar idea is in His saying, "They are unable to help themselves, nor are they assisted by Us."

  هُمْ — are they. A standalone 'they' subject pronoun, placed before its verb for emphasis on the persons. Fronting the pronoun like this stresses 'they themselves', and the verb's passive that follows then says they receive no aid.

  From: Signs of Resurrection →

• من هم أولو الأمر

  [Who are those in authority?]

  هُم — they. A standalone subject pronoun, 'they', used here as a linking word between the question-word and the description, 'who are they, the...'. Arabic inserts this pronoun to join two nouns into a clear sentence without any verb 'are'.

  From: Obedience to God and Authority →