أَخْيَارvirtuous

Example sentences

• لمّا نظرتَ في كتاب حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم الأصبهاني أعجبك ذكر الصالحين والأخيار،

  When you looked into the book 'Adornment of the Saints' by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani, you were impressed by the mention of the righteous and the virtuous.

  وَالأَخْيَارِ — and the virtuous. The connector 'and' joined to a second definite noun, 'the virtuous', extending what was mentioned. It runs parallel to 'the righteous' and shares the same owned-by ending under the earlier 'mention of'.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →

• الأول أن هذا الكتاب إنما وضع لذكر أخبار الأخيار،

  The first is that this book was composed to mention the reports of the virtuous;

  الأَخْيَارِ — of the virtuous. A definite noun, 'the virtuous', closing the chain 'mention of the reports of the virtuous', in the owned-by ending. It is the final owner and supplies definiteness back up the stacked pairing.

  From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →