عُثْمَانُUthman

Example sentences

• عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ،

  Uthman ibn Affan,

  عُثْمَانُ — Uthman. A male proper name standing as a free-standing identification, here naming the first of the two men. As a name it is definite in itself and takes the plain subject-form ending, sitting in apposition to 'two men' to spell out who one of them was.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →

• فَأَمَّا عُثْمَانُ فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ

  As for Uthman, he said:

  عُثْمَانُ — Uthman. A proper name serving as the topic singled out by 'as for'. It carries the plain subject-form ending, marking it as the thing about to be commented on. It names which of the two men the upcoming statement is about.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →

• فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانِ

  So I asked, 'Who is this?' He replied, 'Uthman ibn Affan.'

  عُثْمَانُ — Uthman. A man's proper name serving as the one who is speaking, the subject of the reply. Its final vowel is the subject-case ending, the marker Arabic puts on a noun doing the action.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →