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بِالْبَيْتِ around the House in Arabic

بِالْبَيْتِ is how you say “around the House” in Arabic.

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فَقَالَ لِأُمْيَّةَ اِنْظُرْ لِيَّ سَاعَةَ خَلْوَةِ لَعَلَّيَ أَنْ أَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ

He said to Umayya, "Find for me a time of seclusion; perhaps I may circumambulate the House."

بِالْبَيْتِ around the House

The bi- here ties the circling to its object — going around *it* — and the al- makes that object definite. The bi- also forces the noun into the 'of' (genitive) shape; together they name the sacred House circled.

From Warning Before the Battle of Badr

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