بُنْيَانbuilding

Example sentences

• قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الْأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ

  He said, 'That a slave woman will give birth to her mistress, and that you will see barefoot, unclothed, destitute shepherds competing in erecting tall buildings.'

  الْبُنْيَانِ — erecting tall buildings. The noun governed by 'in', bearing al- ('the') and in the (genitive) ending the preposition requires. It names the arena of the competition, construction. Definite and case-marked, it closes the picture of them outdoing one another in raising buildings.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →