أُولُوthose having

Example sentences

• من هم أولو الأمر

  [Who are those in authority?]

  أُولُو — those of authority. A special plural, 'possessors of', that only ever appears as the front half of an 'of' pairing and never alone. It joins to 'the command' next to it to mean 'those who hold authority', the answer to the question.

  From: Obedience to God and Authority →

• وأولو الأمر أصحاب الأمر وذووه، وهم الذين يأمرون الناس،

  Those in authority are the people of command and its holders, and they are the ones who give orders to people.

  أُولُو — those. A special plural, 'possessors of', appearing only as the first half of an 'of' pairing. It opens the sentence as its topic and joins to 'the command' next to mean 'those who hold authority'.

  From: Obedience to God and Authority →

• فلهذا كان أولو الأمر صنفين العلماء، والأمراء،

  Thus, those in authority consist of two types: the scholars and the rulers.

  أُولُو — those. A special plural, 'possessors of', that appears only as the front half of an 'of' pairing. As the subject of the verb 'were', it joins to 'the command' next to mean 'those who hold authority'.

  From: Obedience to God and Authority →

• وكل من كان متبوعا فإنه من أولي الأمر،

  Everyone who is followed is from those in authority.

  أُولِي — those in authority. A special plural, 'possessors of', appearing only as the front half of an 'of' pairing and never alone; it stands in the genitive after 'from'. It joins to 'the command' next to mean 'those who hold authority'.

  From: Obedience to God and Authority →