ظَنُّthink

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ رَسُول الله يَا أَبَا بكر مَا ظَنك بِاثْنَيْنِ الله ثالثهما

  The Messenger of Allah said, 'O Abu Bakr, what do you think of two with whom Allah is the third?'

  ظَنُّكَ — your thought. 'Opinion / estimation' with '-ka' (your) attached, the subject of the question, nominative — 'your supposition'. What does he reckon?

  From: The Night of the Migration →

• فَمَا ظَنُّ مَنْ إِنْطَوَتْ سَرِيرَتُهُ عَلَى الْبِدْعَةِ وَالْهَوَّاتِ وَالتَّعَصُّبِ لِلآرَاءِ بِرَبِّهِ يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ؟

  So what will become of someone whose inner self has embraced innovation, passions, and stubborn partisanship toward opinions about his Lord on the Day when secrets are exposed?

  ظَنُّ — expectation. A noun, 'the expectation / what he can hope for', heading a possessive run that stretches to 'his Lord' later, 'the expectation of the one who... about his Lord'. It is the topic the rhetorical 'what' asks about, the standing this person can claim before God.

  From: Ignoring God's Guidance →