نِسَاءَwomen

Example sentences

• عَنْ عَائِشَةِ ـ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ـ أَنَّ نِسَاءَ،

  Narrated Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, that the women,

  نِسَاءَ — the women,. A plural noun serving as the topic of the reported clause introduced by 'that'; being governed by that particle it takes the accusative ending. The clause is left dangling here mid-thought, with this noun as the subject whose action continues in the next sentence.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• تَقُولُ إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ يَنْشُدْنَكَ اللَّهَ الْعَدْلَ فِي بِنْتِ أَبِ بَكْرِ،

  She says that your wives implore you, by God, for justice for the daughter of Abu Bakr.

  نِسَاءَكَ — your wives. A plural noun with the 'your' ending attached, naming the listener as owner of the wives; one word for English's two. Governed by the 'indeed' particle before it, it takes the accusative as the topic of the emphatic clause.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• قَالَ فَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ النِّسَاءَ يَشْتَدِدْنَ

  He said, "By God, I saw the women growing more agitated."

  النِّسَاءَ — the women. A noun 'the women', a plural built by reshaping the singular's letters, made definite by its built-in 'the' and standing as what was seen, so it takes the object ending. The definite marker points to a specific known group.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• كُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَا نَعُدُّ النِّسَاءَ شَيْئًا،

  We were in the Age of Ignorance; we did not regard women as anything,

  النِّسَاءَ — women. Carries 'al-' and is the thing-acted-on of 'reckon', so it takes the object ending; it is a feminine plural. The definiteness marks women as a known class being dismissed.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →