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وَرَاءَ beyond in Arabic

وَرَاءَ is how you say “beyond” in Arabic.

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وميزتُهُ أنَّه يُبصِّرُ الناظرَ بما وراءَ الجزئيات؛

Its distinctive feature is that it enlightens the observer to what lies beyond the particulars;

وَرَاءَ beyond

'beyond / behind,' in the -a form, heading an 'of' pair with 'the particulars.' It names the depth the approach reveals — what stands BEHIND the individual cases.

From Five Objectives of Islamic Law

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فَنَفَحَ فِيهِ يَمِينَهُ وَشِمَالَهُ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَوَرَاءَهُ،

Then he breathed into it with his right hand, his left hand, between his hands, and behind it.

وَوَرَاءَهُ and behind it

The connector wa- adds the last item, on a noun 'behind him' with a 'him' ending pointing back to the doer. It closes the list of directions the breath swept, the suffix tying 'behind' to him.

From Paradise for the Sincere

وَعُذْرُ مَنْ نَبَذَ الْوَحْيَيْنِ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ فِي يَوْمٍ لَا تَنْفَعُ الظَّالِمِينَ فِيهِ الْمَعَاذِرُ؟

And what excuse will the one who casts the two revelations behind his back have on a day when excuses will not benefit the wrongdoers?

وَرَاءَ behind

A place-word, 'behind', heading a possessive pair with the following noun, 'behind his back'. It governs that noun in the genitive and, with the verb of casting, forms the idiom for contemptuous rejection, throwing revelation out of sight.

From Ignoring God's Guidance

وَرَمَى بِهِ وَرَاءَ الحَائِطِ

He threw it behind the wall.

وَرَاءَ behind

A place-word meaning 'behind' that works as a preposition, forcing the post-preposition case on the noun after it. It sets up a spatial relationship, locating the throw's endpoint relative to a barrier. It opens the location phrase the next word completes.

From Stories of Prophetic Judgments

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