عِندَamong

Example sentences

• علماء السوء الذين قصدهم من العلم التنعم بالدنيا والتوصل الى الجاه والمنزلة عند أهلها،

  The corrupt scholars whose purpose in knowledge is to indulge in worldly life and attain status among its people.

  عِندَ — among. A word meaning 'with' or 'in the eyes of', expressing being held in regard among a group. It governs the noun that follows and frames where this status is sought: in the estimation of worldly people.

  From: Knowledge and Humility →

• وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ

  But what is with Allah endures.

  عِندَ — with. A place-word 'with/at' that opens an 'of' pairing with the following name, 'with God / in God's keeping'. It governs the noun after it into the genitive shape and frames what is being contrasted as belonging to God's side. It needs the next word to complete the phrase.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →

• وَهِمَمُهُمْ عِندَ الثُّرَيّا؛

  And their ambitions are at the Pleiades.

  عِندَ — at. A preposition of location meaning 'at/by', which governs the noun after it in the genitive and builds a place-phrase. Standing with no verb, it works as the predicate of the previous noun, asserting where the aspirations metaphorically sit.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →