Arabic vocabulary
سَرِيَّةٌdetachment in Arabic
سَرِيَّةٌ is how you say “detachment” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
والذي نفس محمد بيده لولا أن يشق على المسلمين ما قعدت خلاف سرية تغزو في سبيل الله أبدا،
By the One in whose hand is Muhammad's soul, if it were not hard on the Muslims, I would never remain behind any expedition that fights in the cause of Allah, ever,
سَرِيَّةٍ — expedition. This indefinite noun, 'an expedition', is the owner-half of 'behind an expedition', its possessor ending conveying the relation. The indefinite form keeps it general, any raiding party.
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