بِالنَّاسِamong the people

Example sentences

• تَشَعَّبَتْ الأَهْوَاءُ بِالنَّاسِ

  Desires multiplied among the people.

  بِالْنَّاسِ — among the people. A preposition 'with/by' fused to a definite noun 'the people', here marking the ones affected, 'among/with the people'. It governs the noun into the after-preposition ending. It tells you where the multiplying of desires took hold.

  From: Finding the Prophet's Way →

• فَأَرْسَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِأَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ،

  So the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, sent to Abu Bakr asking him to lead the people in prayer.

  بِالنَّاسِ — with the people. The bi- prefix is a preposition that here means leading 'with/over' a group; it governs the genitive on the definite noun attached and names whom he is to lead in prayer.

  From: Prayer During Illness →