قَبْلَهُbefore it

Example sentences

• فيقول إن ربي غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله، وإنه قد كانت لي دعوة دعوت بها على قومي،

  He says, "My Lord was angry today with an anger like none before it, and none like it will be after it, and indeed there was for me a supplication which I invoked against my people,"

  قِبَلُهُ — before it. A time noun meaning 'before it' with an 'it' pronoun fused on. The attached pronoun reaches back to the anger just named, setting this anger against everything that came before.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →

• فيقول عيسى إن ربي غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله ولم يذكر ذنباً،

  Then Jesus will say, "My Lord was angry today with an anger like none before it, and none like it will be after it, and he did not mention any sin."

  قِبَلَهُ — before it. A time-noun fused with '-hu' for 'before it', the suffix pointing back to the anger; the adverb form marks a point in time. The exact thing the suffix points to has to be read from context.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →