LessonsCharacter, trust, and mutual care (Hadith 31–36)Quiz

الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ. إِنِ اشْتَكَى عَيْنُهُ اشْتَكَى كُلُّهُ، وَإِنِ اشْتَكَى رَأْسُهُ اشْتَكَى كُلُّهُ
Believers are like one person. If his eye is in pain, the whole person suffers; if his head is in pain, the whole person suffers.

Source: Muslim.

Arabic word or phraseMeaning
الْمُؤْمِنُونَbelievers
كَرَجُلٍlike a man/person
وَاحِدٍone
إِنِif

In كَرَجُلٍ, كَ means “like” and رَجُلٍ means “man/person”; وَاحِدٍ specifies one. The actual word is person, followed by that person’s eye and head to illustrate their bodily relationship. إِنِ means “if” and introduces a condition; distinguish it from the earlier أَنْ linking an action such as discovery.

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Character, trust, and mutual care (Hadith 31–36)

الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ. إِنِ اشْتَكَى عَيْنُهُ اشْتَكَى كُلُّهُ، وَإِنِ اشْتَكَى رَأْسُهُ اشْتَكَى كُلُّهُ
Believers are like one person. If his eye is in pain, the whole person suffers; if his head is in pain, the whole person suffers.

Source: Muslim.

Arabic word or phraseMeaning
الْمُؤْمِنُونَbelievers
كَرَجُلٍlike a man/person
وَاحِدٍone
إِنِif

In كَرَجُلٍ, كَ means “like” and رَجُلٍ means “man/person”; وَاحِدٍ specifies one. The actual word is person, followed by that person’s eye and head to illustrate their bodily relationship. إِنِ means “if” and introduces a condition; distinguish it from the earlier أَنْ linking an action such as discovery.