عَالَمِينَworlds

Example sentences

• فقال إذا قال العبد ﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾ قال الله حمدني عبدي،

  He said: 'When the servant says: "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds," Allah says: "My servant has praised Me,"

  الْعَالَمِينَ — of the worlds. Genitive owner of 'Lord' — 'the worlds, all creation'; sound masculine plural genitive.

  From: The Opening Chapter →

• الأمر الثالث ما تضمنه قوله ﴿تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾

  The third matter is what is contained in His saying: 'A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.'

  الْعَالَمِينَ — of the worlds. 'The worlds' as the owning noun in 'Lord of the worlds', in the owner form of the chain. The form supplies the 'of' link; the cited phrase grounds the third matter in God's universal lordship.

  From: False Prophets →

• فمن زعم ذلك لم يقدر رب العالمين قدره ونسبه إلا مالا يليق به تعالى

  Whoever claims that has not given the Lord of the worlds His due esteem and has attributed to Him what is not befitting.

  الْعَالَمِينَ — of the worlds. This completes the possessive pairing as the owner half, 'of the worlds', and so it sits in the genitive with the sound plural ending you hear as '-ina'. The first noun gives up any 'al-' of its own and draws its definiteness from this owner that follows.

  From: False Prophets →

• وَتَحْتَ مَوْضِعُ سُجُودِ السَّاجِدِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

  And beneath is the place of prostration of those who prostrate, before the Lord of the Worlds.

  الْعَالَمَيْنِ — the Worlds. A plural noun, 'the Worlds', the owned half of 'Lord of the Worlds', so it takes the 'of' (genitive) ending. Made definite by al- ('the'), it shows the genitive with the special plural ending Arabic uses for this kind of noun.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →

• فقال إذا قال العبد ﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾ قال الله حمدني عبدي، فإذا قال ﴿الرحمن الرحيم﴾ قال أثنى علي عبدي،

  He said: When the servant says, "Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds," God says, "My servant has praised Me." And when he says, "The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful," God says, "My servant has praised Me."

  الْعَالَمِينَ — the worlds. A definite plural noun serving as the owner in the 'Lord of the worlds' pairing, placed after the head noun and so in the genitive owner slot. Its 'the' makes it the whole known creation, and it passes that definiteness back to the preceding 'Lord'.

  From: Praise and Supplication in Prayer →