أُمِّيّunlettered in Arabic

Example sentences

• وأصلي على رسوله الأمي العربي،

  And I send blessings upon His messenger, the unlettered Arab.

  ٱلْأُمِّيِّ — the unlettered. The al- makes this definite, 'the unlettered'. It is an adjective describing 'His messenger' and so agrees with that noun in being definite and in case, sharing its post-preposition -i ending.

  From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →

• فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ الأُمِّيِّينَ

  Then Ibn Sayyad looked at him and said, "I testify that you are the Messenger of the Unlettered."

  الأُمِّيِّينَ — the Unlettered. A definite plural noun, 'the unlettered ones', the owning half of the pairing before it, in the genitive; it completes 'Messenger of the unlettered' as a single titled phrase.

  From: A Night with the Companions →