ثَالِثٌthird

Example sentences

• وفيه قول ثالث قال مقاتل إن شئت رددته من الكبر إلى الشباب ومن الشباب إلى الصبا إلى النطفة

  And there is a third opinion by Muqatil, who said that if He wills, He can return him from old age to youth, from youth to childhood, and to the sperm-drop.

  ثَالِثٌ — third. This ordinal 'third' describes 'an opinion', agreeing with it as indefinite and masculine singular. It orders the list, marking this as the next view; agreement ties it to its noun.

  From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →

• الثالث أنه لم يأت لهذا المعنى في القرآن نظير في موضع واحد ولا أنكره أحد حتى يقيم سبحانه الدليل عليه

  The third is that there is no counterpart to this meaning in any part of the Quran, nor has anyone denied it to necessitate that God establishes evidence for it.

  الثَّالِثُ — the third. This is the ordinal 'the third', made definite by 'the', the subject of 'the third is that...'. It orders the list of reasons and agrees as masculine singular with the implied 'reason'.

  From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →

• الأمر الثالث ما تضمنه قوله ﴿تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾

  The third matter is what is contained in His saying: 'A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.'

  الثَّالِثُ — the third. A definite ordinal 'the third', behaving like an adjective and agreeing with 'matter' in definiteness and form, 'the third matter'. Arabic ordinals follow their noun and match it, the matching endings tying the count to that noun.

  From: False Prophets →