أَجَلِbecause of in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَلَا مُوسَىٰ لَامَ آدَمَ أَيْضًا لِأَجَلِ الذَّنْبِ

  Moses did not blame Adam because of the sin either.

  لِأَجَلِ — because of. A causal preposition-phrase meaning 'because of', which governs the noun after it into the genitive and frames the sin as the reason, not the thing acted on. It is built from a 'for-the-sake-of' core, so it always points to motive.

  From: Patience Under Decree →

• وَلَكِنَّ لَامَهُ لِأَجَلِ الْمُصِيبَةِ الَّتِي لَحِقَتْهُمْ بِالْخَطِيَّةِ

  But he reproached him for the calamity that had befallen them because of the sin.

  لِأَجَلِ — because of. A causal preposition-phrase 'because of', governing the following noun into the genitive and framing the calamity as the reason for the reproach, not its target. Its 'for-the-sake-of' core always points to motive.

  From: Patience Under Decree →