ثَالِثthird

Example sentences

• وكل من هَذِه الْأَقْسَام يُسمى حرفا لَكِن خَاصَّة الثَّالِث أَنه حرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم

  And each of these categories is called a particle, but the distinguishing feature of the third is that it is a particle that conveys a meaning and is not a noun.

  الثَّالِثِ — the third. Genitive owner of 'special trait' — 'the third [class]', the harf.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• 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?'

  ثَالِثُهُمَا — the third of them two. An ordinal 'third' with the dual '-huma' (of them two) attached, the predicate, nominative — 'their third'. The dual suffix points to exactly the two; God Himself is with them, making three.

  From: The Night of the Migration →

• فَقَالَ الرَّسُول مَا ظَنك بِاثْنَيْنِ وَالله الثَّالِث

  The Messenger said, "What do you think of two when Allah is the third?"

  الثَّالِثُ — is the third. As the predicate of the 'while...' clause, this ordinal sits in the subject-style '-u' ending that Arabic also gives to the predicate of a verbless sentence. It completes 'God being the third', the reassurance that the two were never truly alone.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →

• وقال الثالث اللهم استأجرت أجراء وأعطيتهم أجرهم غير رجل واحد ترك الذى له وذهب، فثمرت أجره حتى كثرت منه الأموال،

  The third said: 'O Allah, I hired laborers and paid them their wages except for one man who left without taking his pay. I invested his wages until they multiplied into wealth.'

  الثَّالِثُ — the third. This noun is the subject of 'said', following its verb, so it takes the plain (nominative) ending; the al- makes it definite, 'the third'. As an ordinal it ranks this speaker third in the sequence of three.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →