أَهْلُكَyour family

Example sentences

• قَالَ إِنَّمَا هُمْ أَهْلُكَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

  He said, "They are indeed your people, by my father, O Messenger of God."

  أَهْلُكَ — your people. A noun for one's household with 'your' fused on as a suffix; the attached -ka supplies the possessor. It is the completer of the verbless 'they are ...' sentence, naming the present people as Abu Bakr's own family, the -ka telling whose.

  From: The Secret Migration →

• قَالَ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَا رَبَّ مَنْ أَهْلَكَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ أَهْلُكَ،

  Moses, peace be upon him, said: "O Lord, who destroyed those who are Your people?"

  أَهْلُكَ — your people. This noun carries an owner-ending meaning 'your', so one word equals 'your people', and it serves as the predicate completing 'they are your people'. The attached 'your' addresses God directly. Though it looks like the earlier 'destroyed', here the vowels make it a noun, not a verb.

  From: Under God's Shield →