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Example sentences

• فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قوموا إلى جنة عرضها السماوات والأرض

  The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'Rise to a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth.'

  عَرْضُهَا — as vast as. This is 'breadth' with 'its' attached, 'its breadth', opening a verbless describing clause about the paradise, 'whose breadth is the heavens and earth'. The suffix points back to the paradise; with no word for 'is', this topic stands before what it is equated with.

  From: A Handful of Dates and Paradise →

• قال يقول عمير بن الحمام الأنصاري رضي الله عنه يا رسول الله جنة عرضها السماوات والأرض؟

  Umayr bin Al-Humam Al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth?'

  عَرْضُهَا — as vast as. This is 'breadth' with 'its' attached, 'its breadth', opening a verbless describing clause about the paradise. The suffix points back to it; with no word for 'is', the topic stands before what it is equated with.

  From: A Handful of Dates and Paradise →