أولئكَthose

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ قَطَعَ دَابِرَهُمْ وَأَبْطَلَ سُنَّتَهُمْ وَمَحَا آثَارَهُمْ وَجَوْرَهُمْ فَإِنَّ أُولَئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ

  Then He completely cut them off, nullified their traditions, erased their traces and tyranny, for they were not upon anything of what was mentioned.

  أُولَئِكَ — they. This is the far demonstrative 'those', the subject of the emphasized clause, pointing to the kings. Arabic distinguishes near from far pointing; this far form gestures back at that distant, condemned group.

  From: Signs of the Messenger in Medina →