خَلْفَ behind in Arabic
خَلْفَ is how you say “behind” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
كُنْت خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم يَوْمًا،
One day, I was behind the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
خَلْفَ behind
This 'behind', an adverb fixed in the accusative, itself governs the following noun in the genitive. It is the location-complement of 'was': 'I was behind...'.
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فَإِذَا هُوَ قَائِمٌ خَلْفَ جِدَارٍ،
Then he was standing behind a wall.
خَلْفَ behind
A position word, 'behind', that works like a preposition, locating the standing relative to the wall. It governs the noun after it into the dependent form, fixing where exactly the man stood.
إِنْ قِيلَ لَكَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ مَعَكَ فَتَوَارَى خَلْفَ حَائِطٍ فَمَاتَ فَصَدَّقَ،
If it is said to you that a man was with you, withdrew behind a wall, and died, then believe.
خَلْفَ behind
A position word meaning 'behind' that works like a preposition, governing the following noun into the 'of' (genitive) form to fix where the withdrawing happened. It links the action to a place. The noun after it depends on it for its case.