ضَعِيفweak

Example sentences

• فقال في خطبته أيها الناس القوي فيكم الضعيف عندي حتى آخذ منه الحق،

  So in his speech, he said: 'O people, the strong among you is weak to me until I take the right from him,

  الضَّعِيفُ — is weak. The 'the' makes this adjective-noun definite, 'the weak one', and it serves as the comment about the topic, 'the strong... is weak to me'. With no verb 'is', the bare pairing carries the sense of equation.

  From: Obedience to God and Authority →

• والضعيف فيكم القوي عندي حتى آخذ له الحق، أطيعوني ما أطعت الله فإذا عصيت الله فلا طاعة لي عليكم

  And the weak among you is strong to me until I take his right for him. Obey me as long as I obey Allah. If I disobey Allah, then you owe me no obedience.

  وَالضَّعِيفُ — and the weak. The wa- joins the mirror-image second statement, and the 'the' after it makes the adjective-noun definite, 'and the weak one'. It is the topic that balances the earlier 'the strong one'.

  From: Obedience to God and Authority →