عَيْن eyes in Arabic

فارجع إلى الله واطلبه من عينك وسمعك وقلبك ولسانك،

Return to God and seek Him with your eyes, ears, heart, and tongue.

عَيْنِكَ your eyes

ayn means 'eye'; the ending '-ka' adds 'your' — 'your eye'.

From Knowledge, Reverence, Obedience

السرّ أن الثِّقَال في الميزان من طبيعة الحقّ؛ فهو ثابتٌ مُحكَم، والباطل خفيفٌ مُتلاشي، وإن بدا ضخمًا في أعين الناس

The secret is that the weight in the balance stems from the nature of truth; it is firm and solid, while falsehood is light and vanishing, even if it appears large in people's eyes.

أَعْيُنِ eyes

'the eyes of', genitive after 'fi', head of an 'of' pairing with 'people' — 'the eyes OF people'. Broken plural of 'ayn'.

From Small Deeds, Great Reward

ياعجبا من يُغطي عين ضوء الشَّمْس فِي نصف النَّهَار

How amazing is one who covers the eye of the sun's light at midday!

عَيْنَ the eye

This noun is the verb's object, so it takes the '-a' ending, and at the same time it opens a possessive chain, 'the eye of the light of the sun', where each noun owns the next. The head of such a chain drops its own 'the' and leans on the chain's end for definiteness.

From The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave

ومن نسي صلاةً من الخمسِ ولم يدرِ عينَها، لزِمَه الإتيانُ بجميعِ الخمسِ،

If someone forgets one of the five prayers and does not know which, they must perform all five.

عَيْنَهَا which one

'its very identity,' in the -a form as object of 'know,' with 'its' for the prayer. The word means the specific one — he does not know WHICH prayer it was, which forces the ruling next.

From Purification Without Water

حرِّس بوابةَ عينيك وأُذنيك؛

Guard the gates of your eyes and ears;

عَيْنَيْكَ your eyes

The dual ending '-ayn' carries 'exactly two' — 'your two eyes' — with 'your' attached. The count rides inside the word. The eyes are one half of the gateway to guard; the ears, next, the other.

From Guarding Your Attention

قلت نكون عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يذكرنا بالجنة والنار كأنا رأي عين،

I said: 'When we are with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he reminds us of Paradise and Hell as if we see them with our own eyes.'

عَيْنٍ eyes

This completes 'seeing of an eye', in the genitive as owner — the eye whose direct sight is meant. The idiom paints their faith as if seen firsthand.

From Devotion and Daily Life

قلت يا رسول الله نكون عندك تذكرنا بالنار والجنة كأنا رأي العين،

I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, when we are with you, you remind us of Hell and Paradise as if we see them with our own eyes.'

الْعَيْنِ our own eyes

This completes 'seeing of the eye', in the genitive as owner — here definite, 'the eye'. The idiom casts their conviction as firsthand sight.

From Devotion and Daily Life

فينظر اليهم بعين المقت وأن المسلمين يلحنون،

so he views them with an eye of disdain and that the Muslims make mistakes in recitation,

بِعَيْنِ with an eye of

The preposition 'bi-' here marks the manner of looking, taking the genitive, the noun being the head of a possessive pairing. So 'bi-' answers 'with what', 'with an eye of', framing how he regards them.

From When Recitation Breeds Pride

ولو نظر بعين البصيرة لعلم أن السلامة في ترك ما يخشى عاقبته

Had he looked with insight, he would have known that safety lies in avoiding what is feared in its outcome.

بِعَيْنِ with the eye of

The preposition 'with' fused to the front of the noun 'eye', marking the means of looking, and 'eye of' begins an 'of' pairing with the next word. As object of the preposition the noun takes the possessive case and owns the pairing that follows.

From Think Before You Act

قال العطار لأنك وضعت الدواء في عينه، وكان ينبغي أن تجعله في فمه

The herbalist said, 'Because you put the medicine in its eye, and you were supposed to put it in its mouth.'

عَيْنِهِ its eye

The place, 'its eye', in the genitive after the preposition, with the owner attached as a suffix pointing back to the donkey. One word carries noun and owner.

From Reflections on Literal Obedience

أبلاهم الله بالغلبة فافتح عينك ، وأحضر ذهنك ، وأرعني سمعك ،

May God test them with defeat; so open your eyes, bring your mind, and lend me your ear,

عَيْنَكَ your eye

This noun, 'your eye', carries the attached -ka 'your' and is the direct object of 'open', in the object ending. The -ka addresses a single male, and one word holds 'eye' plus 'your'.

From True Devotion

كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِي إِن الله لَا يُؤَاخذ على دمع الْعين وَلَا حزن الْقلب وَلَكِن يُؤَاخذ على هَذَا وَيرْحَم

As the Prophet said, 'Indeed, Allah does not punish for the tear of the eye or the sadness of the heart, but He punishes for this — or shows mercy.'

العَيْنِ the eye

Owner-noun, 'the eye', completing 'the tear of the eye' by following 'tear'. Its owned form supplies the 'of'; the 'the' marks the known organ.

From Patience in Hard Times

وَمِنْه قَوْله تَعَالَى يُوسُف فَتَوَلّى عَنْهُم وَقَالَ يَا أسفي على يُوسُف وابيضت عَيناهُ من الْحزن فَهُوَ كظيم

And from this is His saying in Surah Yusuf: 'So he turned away from them and said, "Oh, my grief over Yusuf!" And his eyes turned white from sadness, for he was suppressing it.'

عَيْنَاهُ his two eyes

A dual noun, 'his two eyes', with 'his' attached. The dual is Arabic's dedicated 'exactly two' form, folding 'two' into the word's ending where English needs a separate word; it is the subject that turned white.

From Patience in Hard Times