رَجُلَيْنِtwo men

Example sentences

• وَاحْذَرْ أَنْ تَتَبَّعَ سَبِيلَ أَحَدِ رَجُلَيْنِ

  And beware that you follow the path of either of two men:

  رجلينِ — two men. This is the dual, a form English lacks: 'exactly two men' folded into the noun's own ending rather than spelled with a separate 'two'. It sits in the dependent form after the 'one of' before it, so the count is carried by the word's shape.

  From: Guidance for the Seeker →

• ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَجَدَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ خِفَّةً فَخَرَجَ بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ

  Then the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, felt a lightness within his self, so he went out between two men.

  رَجُلَيْنِ — two men. This is the dual, Arabic's dedicated 'exactly two' form, folded into the noun's ending so no separate word for 'two' is needed; it sits in the genitive after 'between'. The count of two men is carried by the word's shape itself.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• وَإِنْ الرَّجُلَيْنِ لَا يَسْتَوِيَانِ فِي أَعْمَالِ الْبِرِّ

  And indeed, the two men are not equal in deeds of righteousness,

  الرَّجُلَيْنِ — the two men. This is the dual, Arabic's built-in 'exactly two', carried by the noun's ending rather than a separate 'two' word; its al- makes it definite, 'the two men'. It is the subject of the verb that follows. The dual ending is what tells you precisely two are meant.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →