حَدًّاa limit

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ أَشْفَعُ فَيَحُدُّ لِي حَدًّا

  Then I intercede, and He sets a limit for me.

  حَدًّا — a limit. This noun is the thing acted upon, and its final -an ending (the tanwin you hear as 'limitan') marks it as both the direct object of the verb and indefinite, an unspecified, newly introduced quota. The ending is how Arabic flags object-hood without word order alone.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• ثُمَّ أَشْفَعُ فَيَحُدُّ لِي حَدًّا فَأُدْخِلُهُمْ الْجَنَّةَ،

  Then I will intercede, a limit will be set for me, and I will admit them into Paradise.

  حَدًّا — a limit. This noun is the thing fixed, and its -an ending marks it as both an indefinite, newly introduced quota and the object of the verb. The ending carries object-hood and 'some, unspecified' at once, without needing a separate article or word order to signal it.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →