فِدَاءyour ransom

Example sentences

• قُلْتُ أَبُو ذَرٍّ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاءَكَ

  I said, O Abu Dharr, may Allah make me your ransom.

  فِدَاءَكَ — your ransom. A noun, 'ransom/redemption-price', carrying a 'your' ending. The suffix names the addressee as the one ransomed, completing the courtesy-prayer 'may I be made your ransom', with the single word covering 'your ransom'.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• حَتَّى قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاءَكَ

  Until I said, "O Prophet of God, may God make me your ransom."

  فِدَاءَكَ — your ransom. A noun, 'ransom/redemption-price', with a 'your' ending naming the addressee as the one ransomed. It completes the courtesy-prayer 'may I be your ransom', the single word covering 'your ransom'.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• قَالَ فَسَأَلَنِي الْفِدَاءَ

  He said, "Then he asked me for the ransom."

  الْفِدَاء — the ransom. A definite noun with 'al-' (the), the object of the asking. The article marks the ransom as the specific sum already at issue. As the thing asked for, it sits in the object form after the verb.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →