خَلْفَbehind

Example sentences

• 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...'.

  From: Patience and Trust in God →

• 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.

  From: A Night of Reckoning →

• 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.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →