إِنَّهَا because in Arabic
إِنَّهَا is how you say “because” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
لأَنَّهَا قَدْ صَارَتْ عِنْدَهُمْ كَالْعَيْشِ الاضْطِرَارِيِّ
Because they have become for them like a basic need of life.
لِأَنَّهَا because it
Causal 'because' (a li- on the 'indeed/that' particle) with 'it' (feminine, the desires) attached as the subject of the reason.
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More example sentences
ولا ترجع إلى أرضك فإنها أرض سوءٍ،
And do not return to your land, for it is a land of evil.
فَإِنَّهَا for it
This is 'for' plus the emphatic 'indeed' with attached '-ha' = 'it' as its accusative subject — 'for indeed it [is]...'. It gives the reason for the prohibition. The pronoun points back to his old land.
ثم قال لئن أنا حييت حتى آكل تمراتي هذه إنها لحياة طويلة
Then he said: 'If I live until I eat my dates, it will indeed be a long life!'
إِنَّهَا it will indeed be
An emphatic clause-opener fused with -ha (it/she), meaning roughly 'indeed it'. The emphatic word asserts the truth of what follows and puts the attached pronoun into the object-style form; the -ha points back to the life just spoken of.
عَلَى قِرَاءَةٍ مَنْ قَرَأَ إِنَّهَا بِالْكَسْرِ
According to the recitation of those who read it, it is pronounced with the short i vowel.
إِنَّهَا indeed it
A heavy emphasis particle 'indeed' fused with a feminine 'it', referring back to the disputed word. The particle grips the pronoun and lends the embedded statement an affirmed 'truly it...' tone.
قَالَ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ بِكَ،
He said that she used to do that to you.
إِنَّهَا that she
This is the emphatic 'indeed' with the 'she' pronoun fused on, so the word means 'indeed she / that she', gripping its attached pronoun in the object-like form. It opens the reported content of Umar's point. It steers focus to the mother and what she once did.
فَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ
And the Exalted said, Seek help through patience and prayer; indeed, it is a great burden except for the humble.
وَإِنَّهَا and indeed it
wa- 'and' stacked onto an emphatic particle with a feminine 'it' attached, opening 'and indeed it...'. The 'it' points back to the prayer, and the particle swears to the comment that follows.