بَدْرٍBadr

Example sentences

• قَالَ يَوْمٌ بِيَوْمِ بَدْرٍ،

  He said, "A day like the day of Badr."

  بَدْرٍ — Badr. A place-name closing the 'day of...' pairing, carrying the genitive 'of' ending of the owner slot to give 'the day of Badr'. Position and ending build the link, recalling the earlier battle.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ اِسْتَنْفَرَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ النَّاسَ قَالَ أَدْرِكُوا عِيرَكُمْ

  When the day of Badr came, Abu Jahl roused the people and said, "Save your caravan!"

  بَدْرٍ — Badr. The owner closing the 'day of...' pairing, in the 'of' (genitive) shape with no separate 'of'. The place-name turns the bare 'day' into a precise historical date.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِذَلِكَ حَتَّى قَتَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِبَدْرٍ

  He continued like that until God, the Exalted and Glorious, killed him at Badr.

  بِبَدْرٍ — at Badr. The preposition bi- here marks the place where the action happened, 'at', and it forces the place-name into the genitive, shown by the '-in' tail (the indefinite genitive ending). One small prefix thus does the job of English 'at' while also setting the case of the word it attaches to.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →