آيْةٍverse

Example sentences

• فَمَرَّ وَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِـيْ عُمَرُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ آيْةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ،

  He passed by and did not do it; then Umar passed by me, and I asked him about a verse from the Book of Allah.

  آيَةٍ — a verse. An indefinite noun for a verse, in the post-preposition form because 'about' governs it; its lack of 'the' marks it as an unspecified verse. The phrase that follows then ties it to scripture. This mirrors the same structure used earlier in the passage.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →