ظَنٌّthought

Example sentences

• فقال ثم صار المتأخرون بعد ذلك قد يتناظرون في أنواع التأويل والقياس بما يؤثر في ظن بعض الناس،

  and he said: "Then later generations debated forms of interpretation and analogy that influence the thinking of some,

  ظَنِّ — the thinking. 'the opinion of', genitive after 'fi', head of an 'of' pairing with 'some'.

  From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →

• وإن كان عند التحقيق يؤول إلى الإفلاس، لكنهم لم يكونوا يقبلون من المناظرة إلا ما يفيد ولو ظنًّا ضعيفًا للناظر

  although upon closer examination it leads to nothing, they would only accept from debate what was beneficial, even if it gave only a weak impression to the observer.

  ظَنًّا — an assurance. 'a [mere] probability, surmise', accusative — a specifying object: 'benefits [even] surmise-wise'. The accusative names the dimension of the benefit.

  From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →

• فما الظن بالمردود عليهم؟

  What then is expected of those they refuted?

  الظَّنُّ — is expected. This noun anchors a set idiom: 'what is the opinion/expectation regarding...?' Literally 'the supposition', it pairs with the question-word to ask how one should rate something. Reading it as a fixed phrase, rather than the bare noun, is the key to the sentence.

  From: Revelation Over Philosophy →