Arabic vocabulary

وَلِيally in Arabic

وَلِي is how you say “ally” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا لَوْ أَدْخَلْتَنَا النَّارَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُرِيَنَا مَا أَرَيْتَنَا مِنْ ثَوَابِ مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ كَانَ أَهْوَنَ عَلَيْنَا
They will say: Our Lord, if You had put us into the Fire before showing us what You showed us of the reward You prepared for Your close ones, it would have been easier for us.
لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ — for Your allies. A preposition 'for' fused to a noun 'Your close ones' that carries 'Your' as possessor, the suffix pointing to God. The preposition marks the beneficiaries the reward was readied for.
From: Turned Away at the Gate →

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