مَرْأَةُwoman

Example sentences

• وَتَأْتِي الْمَرْأَةُ لِتَسْأَلَهُ وَتَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ،

  And the woman comes to ask him and says, 'O Messenger of God,'

  الْمَرْأَةُ — the woman. Carries al- ('the'), making it specific, and is the doer of 'comes' just before it — the delayed subject in the verb-first order. As the agent it takes the nominative ending. The definiteness presents 'the woman' as a representative, known type in the scene.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →