Arabic vocabulary
قِبَلِيbefore me
How to say “before me” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وحسن الثناء عليه شيئاً لم يفتح على أحد قبلي ثم يقال يا محمد ارفع رأسك، سل تعطه، واشفع تشفع،
The praise of him was so excellent, something not granted to anyone before me. Then it is said, O Muhammad, raise your head, ask and you will be given, and intercede and your intercession will be accepted.
قِبَلِي — before me. A time-noun fused with '-i' for 'before me', the '-i' tying the 'before' to the speaker; it sits as an adverb of time marking that none had it earlier. The suffix anchors the comparison to him.
From: The Prophet's Intercession →
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