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لِأَن because in Arabic

لِأَن is how you say “because” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

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More example sentences

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

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