ثَلَاثَةٌthree

Example sentences

• فإن هؤلاء الثلاثة الذين يريدون الرياء والسمعة هم بإزاء الثلاثة الذين بعد النبيين من الصديقين والشهداء والصالحين،

  For these three who seek show and reputation are the counterparts of the three who come after the prophets: the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous.

  الثَّلَاثَةَ — the three. In the accusative (the '-a') because 'inna' governs it, made definite as the specific three. A counted noun here agreeing in definiteness with its demonstrative.

  From: Deeds for God Alone →

• فإن هؤلاء الثلاثة الذين يريدون الرياء والسمعة هم بإزاء الثلاثة الذين بعد النبيين من الصديقين والشهداء والصالحين،

  For these three who seek show and reputation are the counterparts of the three who come after the prophets: the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous.

  الثَّلَاثَةِ — the three. In the genitive after the facing-phrase ('-i'), the second group of three. The 'al-' marks them as a known, specific set.

  From: Deeds for God Alone →

• لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ فِي الْمَهْدِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ عِيسَى،

  No one spoke in the cradle except three, Jesus,

  ثَلَاثَةٌ — three. A numeral 'three' standing as the exception carved out of the negation, naming how many did speak. It heads the short list that follows, marking the count of those exempt from the 'no one' claim.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →