بعدafter

Example sentences

• فقال ألا أعلمكم شيئًا تدركون به من سبقكم، وتسبقون به من بعدكم، ولا يكون أحد أفضل منكم إلا من صنع مثل ما صنعتم؟

  He said: 'Shall I not teach you something by which you will catch up with those who have surpassed you, and you will surpass those after you, and no one will be better than you except those who do as you do?'

  بَعْدَكُمْ — after you. This is 'after' fused with 'you all' — 'after you', a time-phrase identifying the 'who' just before it: later generations. The pronoun points to the addressees.

  From: Praises That Elevate the Poor →

• لا خير في لذة من بعدها النار

  There is no good in a pleasure after which comes the Fire.

  بَعْدِهَا — after it. A time-word 'after' with an attached 'it' fused on, pointing back to the pleasure: after it. The suffix tracks the referent, the pleasure just named, and the one word carries both the time-marker and its object.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →