بينbetween

Example sentences

• وَلَيْسَ بِشَاغِلٍ يَشْغَلُكَ عَنِ اللَّهِ كَنَفْسِكَ الَّتِي هِيَ بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْكَ

  And nothing can distract you from Allah like your own self between your sides.

  بَيْنَ — between. 'bayna' = 'between'.

  From: Taming the Lower Self →

• وَمَا أَنْت بالمشتاق إِن قلت بَيْننَا

  You are not longing if you say there is distance between us,

  بَيْنَنَا — between us. A place-word 'between' fused with '-na' (us), in the accusative as an adverb — 'between us [is distance]'. The complaint of separation that betrays a lukewarm love.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →

• أما علمت أَن الصَّادِق إِذا هم ألْقى بَين عَيْنَيْهِ عزمه

  Do you not know that the truthful person, when he resolves, casts his determination before his eyes?

  بَيْنَ — between. A place-word 'between', frozen in the accusative and governing the genitive — 'between his two eyes'. It builds 'before / in front of' him.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →

• قدم التقادم بَين يَدي الْمُلْتَقى فَاسْتَبْشَرَ بِالرِّضَا عِنْد الْقدوم

  Present the gifts before the meeting, and rejoice with acceptance upon arrival.

  بَيْنَ — before. A place-word 'between', frozen in the accusative and governing the genitive — 'between the hands of', the idiom for 'before / in front of'. It builds 'ahead of the meeting'.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →

• ثم ذكر محله الذي يخرج منه وهو بين الصلب والترائب

  Then He mentioned its place from which it emerges, which is between the backbone and the ribs.

  بَيْنَ — between. A preposition 'between', the predicate of 'and it is': 'it is between...'. It forces the genitive on the two nouns it links and sets up a two-sided position.

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →

• وهذه الآية الدالة على قدرة الخالق سبحانه نظير إخراجه اللبن الخالص من بين الفرث والدم

  And this verse, which indicates the power of the Creator, glorified is He, is like His bringing forth pure milk from between filth and blood.

  بَيْنِ — between. This noun means 'between' and itself behaves like a little possessive head: it stands directly before the two things it sits between and pulls them into the genitive. The preceding 'from between' stacks two location words to pin down the source.

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →