الْخَيْرِwhat is good

Example sentences

• كَانَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَنْ الْخَيْرِ

  People would ask the Messenger of God about what is good.

  الْخَيْرِ — what is good. A definite noun in the genitive shape set by the preposition, used in its broad sense of 'the good'. The 'al-' generalizes it to goodness as a whole, the subject of the inquiry.

  From: Finding the Prophet's Way →

• وَكَانُوا أَحْرَصَ شَيْءٍ عَلَى الْخَيْرِ

  They were most eager for good.

  الْخَيْرِ — good. A noun carrying 'the', made definite to mean goodness in general rather than one particular good; the article here generalises rather than picks out a specific item. Governed by the preposition before it, it sits in the genitive as the object of the eagerness.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →