ثَلَاثthree

Example sentences

• فمذهب مالك من ترك من ذلك ثلاثاً عمداً أعاد الصلاة،

  According to Malik's school of thought, whoever intentionally omits three of these must repeat the prayer,

  ثَلَاثًا — three. 'three', accusative — the count of what is omitted; the counted noun is understood.

  From: Praise and Petition in Prayer →

• فيقول لهم إن ربي غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله، وإني كنت كذبت ثلاث كذبات، نفسي نفسي نفسي، اذهبوا إلى غيري،

  He will say to them: "My Lord has become angry today with an anger like none before or after. Indeed, I told three lies. Myself, myself, myself! Go to someone else."

  ثَلَاثَ — three. A number-word heading a counted phrase: it stands first and puts the thing counted after it into the form that count demands, so 'three' governs 'lies'. Arabic ties number and noun in a fixed grammatical pairing.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →

• فمذهب مالك من ترك من ذلك ثلاثاً عمداً أعاد الصلاة،

  Malik's view is that if three of those actions are left intentionally, the prayer must be repeated.

  ثَلَاثًا — three. This is a number, 'three', in the accusative because it counts how many of the acts are left, functioning as the object of the leaving. Arabic puts such a counted amount in the accusative, so the ending itself signals 'three of them' as the quantity dropped.

  From: Praise and Supplication in Prayer →