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آية verse in Arabic

آية is how you say “verse” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وهذه الآية الدالة على قدرة الخالق سبحانه نظير إخراجه اللبن الخالص من بين الفرث والدم

And this verse, which indicates the power of the Creator, glorified is He, is like His bringing forth pure milk from between filth and blood.

الآيَةُ verse

The noun carries the attached 'the', marking it as definite and specific. It is also the thing pointed at by the preceding 'this', and the two agree as a demonstrative and its noun, so together they mean 'this verse'.

From Creating Life from Nothing

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هذا هو الصحيح في معنى الآية

This is the correct interpretation of the verse.

الآيَةِ of the verse

The owner half of the pairing, 'the verse', which the meaning belongs to. As the possessor it takes the genitive ending and keeps its own 'the'.

From Creating Life from Nothing

بَلْ قِيلَ لِلصِّدِّيقِ وَقَدْ تَلَا آيَةً هَذَا كَلَامُكَ وَكَلَامُ صَاحِبِكَ؟

Rather, it was said to the Truthful One as he recited a verse: 'Is this your word and the word of your companion?'

آيَةً a verse

An indefinite noun 'a verse', standing as the object of 'recited'. Its object ending marks it as what receives the action, and its lack of 'the' leaves it general, 'some verse'. The ending, not position, fixes its object role.

From The Messenger as Conveyor of Revelation

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