بَيِّنًاclear

Example sentences

• وَمِنْ أَحْوَالِ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْحَرْبُ سِجَالًا وَدَوْلًا بَيِّنًا دُعَاةَ الدِّينِ وَدُعَاةِ الْهَوَى

  One of the believer's states is that the struggle is a fierce, alternating contest between the call of religion and the call of desire.

  بَيِّنًا — clear. An adjective in the accusative, agreeing with the predicate nouns it follows and reinforcing that this back-and-forth is plain and pronounced. Arabic makes adjectives copy the case of the noun they describe, which is how you know it attaches to the contest just named.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →

• بَيِّنًا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ﵇ يَسْعَى فِي مَوْكِبِهِ

  While Solomon, son of David, was walking in his procession.

  بَينا — while. A scene-setting 'while' word that frames a backdrop event going on when something else cuts in. It opens a 'while X was happening...' structure that a 'suddenly/when' clause will answer later. So its job is to suspend the action and prepare for an interruption.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →