اثْنَيْن two in Arabic
اثْنَيْن is how you say “two” in Arabic.
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﴿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.
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﴿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.
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.
﴿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.