إِيَّاكَbeware

Example sentences

• فصل إيّاك والمعاصي فإنها أزالت عزّ اسجدوا، وأخرجت إقطاع اسكن يا آدم

  Beware of sins, for they removed the honor of 'bow down,' and expelled the estate of 'dwell, O Adam.'

  إِيَّاكَ — beware. iyyaka = '(beware) you'; with the following 'wa-' it forms the warning 'beware of…'. The '-ka' is 'you'.

  From: Adam's Descent →

• ولقد وصينا الذين أوتوا الكتاب من قبلكم وإياكم أن اتقوا الله فبالله ؛

  And We have certainly instructed those who were given the Scripture before you and yourselves to fear God;

  وَإِيَّاكُمْ — and yourselves. This is the bound wa- 'and' plus a special standalone object-pronoun form, iyya-kum 'you (plural)'. Arabic uses this iyya- carrier when an object pronoun cannot attach to a verb, so here it adds 'and yourselves' to the list of those instructed; the -kum addresses the group.

  From: True Devotion →