بَيْنِيbetween me

Example sentences

• عَلَى أَنْ تُخَلِّيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِهَا،

  On condition that you leave between me and between her self.

  بَيْنِي — between me. A spatial word 'between' fused with a first-person 'me' pronoun. It marks one side of a two-sided 'between X and Y' frame, naming the speaker as the first party, with the matching half supplied later in the sentence.

  From: Trapped and Delivered →

• وَكَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ إِمْرَأَتِي كَلاَمٌ

  There was an exchange of words between me and my wife.

  بَيْنِي — between me. A 'between' preposition with a single 'me' attached; it sets one end of the 'between X and Y' frame and holds 'me' in the 'of' ending. Arabic repeats 'between' for each side, unlike English.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →

• تَدْرُونَ مَا جَرَى بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَارُونِ الرَّشِيدِ؟

  Do you know what happened between me and the Commander of the Faithful, Harun al-Rashid?

  بَيْنِي — between me. A 'between' preposition fused with an attached 'me', so the relation and the first person share one word. It begins marking the two parties of the event. The 'between' and 'me' are carried together.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• وإياك نستعين﴾ قال هذه الآية، بيني وبين عبدي نصفين، ولعبدي ما سأل، فإذا قال ﴿اهدنا الصراط المستقيم﴾ إلى آخر السورة قال هؤلاء لعبدي، ولعبدي ما سأل١١

  And You alone we ask for help. He said: This verse divides, between Me and My servant, into two parts; to My servant belongs what he asked. So when he says "Guide us to the Straight Path" until the end of the surah, He said: These belong to My servant, and to My servant belongs what he asked.

  بَيِّنِي — between me. This is the preposition 'between' with an attached '-Me' on its end, referring to God and naming the first party of the two-sided division. As 'between' phrasing wants both sides spelled out, this word leads you to expect a paired 'and between' for the second party next.

  From: Praise and Supplication in Prayer →

• فأردتها على نفسها فامتنعت منى حتى ألمّت بها سنة من السنين فجاءتنى فأعطيتها عشرين ومائة دينار على أن تخلى بينى وبين نفسها ففعلت، حتى إذا قدرت عليها

  I returned her to her own custody, but she withheld herself from me until a year of the years befell her. Then she came to me and I gave her one hundred and twenty dinars on the condition that she relinquish between me and her self; she did so, until when I gained power over her.

  بَيْنِي — between me. This is the preposition 'between' fused with -i ('me'), 'between me'. 'Between' needs two parties, so it sets up the first half here and pairs with the 'and between' that follows to fence off the space the deal concerns.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →