قِبَلَ before in Arabic
قِبَلَ is how you say “before” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ ذَلِكَ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَيَّ قِبَلَ أَنْ أَخْلُقَ؟
So did you find that written about me before I was created?
قِبَلٍ before
This word functions adverbially to mean 'before', marking precedence in time and leading into the clause that follows. It sets up 'before I was created', anchoring the writing of the decree to a point prior to the speaker's existence.
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More example sentences
وَأَبْدَى مَضْجَعٌ سِوَاكَ قِبَلَ المَمَّاتِ مَضْجَعُكَ،
And he revealed a resting place other than you before death revealed your resting place.
قِبَلَ before
An adverb of time meaning 'before', placed to order the events: this happens prior to the next. It forces the noun after it into the 'of...' ending, marking 'death' as the point in time the action precedes. So it sequences the two revealings.