اثْنَيْنtwo

Example sentences

• ﴿ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَار﴾

  "The second of two, when they were in the cave."

  اثْنَيْنِ — of two. A dual 'two' (the '-ayn' ending), the owner completing 'the second of two', genitive — 'of [the] two'. The dual folds 'exactly two' into the word.

  From: Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam →

• ﴿ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَار﴾

  "The second of two, when they were in the cave."

  اثْنَيْنِ — of two. A dual 'two' (the '-ayn' ending), the owner completing 'the second of two', genitive. The dual folds 'exactly two' into the word.

  From: Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam →

• فَقَالَ الرَّسُول مَا ظَنك بِاثْنَيْنِ وَالله الثَّالِث

  The Messenger said, "What do you think of two when Allah is the third?"

  بِاثْنَيْنِ — of two. The noun 'two' here wears the dual's '-ayn' ending, the shape duals take after a preposition. The attached 'bi-' means 'about/regarding' in this idiom, 'what is your thought about two men...'; the reference is to the Prophet and Abu Bakr.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →

• ﴿ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَار﴾

  Second of the two when they were in the cave.

  اثْنَيْنِ — of the two. The numeral 'two' in its dual shape, ending in '-ayn' because it is the owner in 'second of ___' and falls within the phrase. It refers to the two in the cave.

  From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →