كَلِمَاتٍwords

Example sentences

• قَالَ دَعْنِي أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ يَنْفَعُكَ اللَّهُ بِهَا

  He said, "Let me teach you words by which God will benefit you."

  كَلِمَاتٍ — words. An indefinite feminine plural noun, the direct object of 'teach', made plural by an ending Arabic adds for many feminine words. Its lack of 'the' leaves the words unspecified for now; a relative clause after it will describe their benefit.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ يُعَلِّمُنِي كَلِمَاتٍ،

  I said, O Messenger of God, he claims that he will teach me some words.

  كَلِمَاتٍ — some words. A plural noun left indefinite, marked by the two-line ending that signals 'some' rather than 'the'. It is the thing being taught and stands as the verb's object; the indefinite marking is what makes it 'some words' instead of a specific set.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →