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رَأْسٌ tops in Arabic

رَأْسٌ is how you say “tops” in Arabic.

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فَقَامَ مُؤذن النَّصْر يُنَادي على رُؤُوس منائر الْأَمْصَار

The caller to victory stood proclaiming from the tops of the minarets of the cities.

رُؤُوسِ the tops of

A broken plural, 'heads/tops', governed by the preposition and heading a stacked 'of' chain: tops-of-the-minarets-of-the-cities. Each noun in the run owns the next, with no 'of' words anywhere.

From The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave

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حبه وَالله رَأس الحنيفة وبغضه يدل على خبث الطوية

His love is by Allah the essence of Hanifiyyah, and his hatred indicates wickedness of heart.

رَأْسُ the essence of

Literally 'head', the word is used figuratively for the topmost or root part of something. As the predicate of the verbless sentence it takes the '-u' ending, and it heads an 'of' pairing, 'the head/core of true faith'.

From The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave

وَإِن المدل لَا يصعد عمله فَوق رَأسه

Indeed, the boastful person's deeds do not rise above his head.

رَأْسِهِ his head

In the genitive because 'above' governs it, with 'his' fused on. The image is stark: the boaster's deed never clears the top of his own head, rejected for its conceit.

From Contentment with What God Wills

فقال البائع أنت أحمق، كان ينبغي أن تحمله مقلوبًا وأنت تسير على رأسك حتى لا يسيل

The seller said: You are foolish; you should have carried it upside down while walking on your head so it wouldn't spill!

رَأْسِكَ your head

Genitive by the preposition before it, with the attached -ka 'your' naming the possessor, 'your head'.

From Heedless Choices

وَتَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ مِرْفَقَةٌ مِنْ أَدَمٍ،

And beneath his head was a leather cushion.

رَأْسِهِ his head

A noun 'head' with a single 'his' possessor fused on the end, in the owned 'of' slot of 'under ___'; the attached owner points to the Prophet and keeps it in the genitive after the place-word.

From Umar and the Prophet's Wives

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