نِسَاءُwomen

Example sentences

• فَغَدًا الصَّحَابَةُ الْكِرَامُ رِجَالُهُمْ وَنِسَاءُهُمْ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

  So the next morning the noble Companions, both men and women among them, asked the Messenger of God.

  وَنِسَاءُهُمْ — and their women. The connector wa- ('and') fused onto a noun ending in -hum ('their') — 'and their women'. The wa- coordinates this with 'their men' to complete the breakdown of the Companions into both sexes. The -hum points back to the same group, balancing the pair of subjects.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →