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أَنِّي because I in Arabic

أَنِّي is how you say “because I” in Arabic.

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ذكرتك لَا أَنِّي نستك سَاعَة

I mentioned you not because I forgot you for a moment...

أَنِّي because I

The heavy 'that' (anna) with '-i' (I) attached — 'that I', giving the (denied) cause: 'not [for the reason] that I…'. The 'anna' takes the attached pronoun as its noun.

From Remembering and Loving God

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فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَمَّا عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي لَا أَخَافُ مِنَ الْعَصَا وَلَا مِنَ الأَسْلِحَةِ

So he said to me, "O Abu Sa'id, did you not know that I do not fear the stick or the weapons?"

أَنِّي that I

The clause-opener 'that' fused with a first-person 'I' pronoun as its subject, introducing reported content. This 'that' governs its attached pronoun in the accusative. So one word both opens the 'that...' clause and supplies its 'I' subject: 'that I'.

From Seeking Refuge from the Devil

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