زَوْجwife

Example sentences

• فإذا خرجنا من عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عافسنا الأزواج والأولاد والضيعات نسينا كثيراً

  But when we leave the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, we get involved with our wives, children, and livelihood and forget much.

  الْأَزْوَاجَ — wives. This is the object of 'busy ourselves with', in the accusative — 'the wives / spouses', a broken plural reshaped from its singular. The accusative marks it as what occupies them. It heads a list.

  From: Devotion and Daily Life →

• فإذا خرجنا من عندك عافسنا الأزواج والأولاد والضيعات نسينا كثيراً

  But when we leave your presence, we get involved with our wives, children, and livelihood and forget much.

  الْأَزْوَاجَ — wives. Object of 'busy ourselves with', accusative — 'the wives', a broken plural. The accusative marks what occupies them; it heads a list.

  From: Devotion and Daily Life →