لِأَنbecause

Example sentences

• لِأَنَّهُ يَبْعُدُ أَنْ يُفْهَمَ الْمَقْصُودُ مِنْ وَضْعِ الْهَوَى فِي النَّفْسِ

  Because it is rare for someone to understand the purpose of placing desire in the soul.

  لِأَنَّهُ — for because it. 'li-' = 'because'; 'anna' = 'that'; '-hu' = 'it'.

  From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →

• وقال أبو إسحاق الرجع المطر لأنه يجيء ويرجع ويتكرر

  Abu Ishaq said the return is rain because it comes and goes repeatedly.

  لِأَنَّهُ — because it. This couples the reason word li- ('because') with the emphatic anna plus an attached 'it'. It opens a cause clause and, through anna, both stresses the clause and supplies its subject as the attached pronoun. So 'because it...' is built into this single word.

  From: Oaths That Seal the Truth →

• وفسر الصدع بالنبات، لأنه يصدع الأرض أي يشقها

  And the cleaving is interpreted as vegetation, as it cleaves the earth, meaning it splits it open.

  لِأَنَّهُ — as it. This couples the reason word li- ('because') with emphatic anna plus an attached 'it'. It opens a cause clause and, through anna, both stresses it and supplies the subject as the attached pronoun: 'because it...'. The pronoun points to the plant-growth.

  From: Oaths That Seal the Truth →

• والتوكل والاستعانة للْعَبد لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ الْوَسِيلَة وَالطَّرِيق الَّذِي ينَال بِهِ مَقْصُوده ومطلوبه من الْعِبَادَة

  And reliance and seeking help are for the servant because they are the means and the path through which he attains his goals and desires in worship.

  لِأَنَّهُ — because it. This single word combines the 'because' particle with an attached 'it' as its subject. The 'because' particle requires that following subject to take an accusative-style ending, and it opens the reason behind the claim just made.

  From: Worship and Repentance →