شَرَابdrink

Example sentences

• فإن كان لا محالة، فثلث لطعامه، وثلث لشرابه، وثلث لنفسه

  If it is unavoidable, then a third for his food, a third for his drink, and a third for his breath.

  لِشَرَابِهِ — for his drink. This is the 'li-' 'for' joined to 'his drink', forcing the genitive and assigning the second third to drinking, with the attached 'his' tying it to the person.

  From: The One-Third Rule →

• فَهَذَا بَين أَن المذنب بِالشرابِ وَغَيره قد يكون محبا لله وَرَسُوله

  This shows that a sinner through drinking and otherwise can still love Allah and His Messenger.

  بِالشَّرَابِ — with the drinking. The 'with/by' prefix is fused onto a noun with 'the', and the preposition puts it in the genitive form. It names the means by which the man sins, 'through drinking', linking the sin to its cause.

  From: Sincerity and Hypocrisy →