Arabic vocabulary
قَبْلِيbefore me in Arabic
قَبْلِي is how you say “before me” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
ثُمَّ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلِي،
Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah send blessings and grant him peace, arrived before me.
قَبْلِي — before me. This is a time word 'before' with an attached -i ('me') fused on, so it means 'before me' in time. The attached pronoun is in the genitive form this word governs, and it places the Prophet's arrival earlier than the speaker's.
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