لَ for in Arabic
لَ is how you say “for” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
ويكفيه في الأصح تيممٌ واحدٌ لها إذا كانت قضاءً مترتّبًا في وقتٍ واحد
According to the more correct opinion, a single dry ablution suffices if they are to be made up consecutively in the same time.
لَهَا for it
'for it / them' — the 'li-' of purpose with '-ha' pointing back to the prayers (a non-human plural, taken as feminine 'it'). The one tayammum is FOR all those prayers.
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More example sentences
وقيل له صف لنا الحسن،
And he was told: Describe Al-Hasan to us.
لَهُ to him
This is a preposition with 'him' fused on, governing that pronoun, meaning 'to him'. It marks the person the saying was directed at, the recipient of the request.
وقيل له صف لنا الحسن،
And he was told: Describe Al-Hasan to us.
لَنَا to us
This is a preposition with 'us' attached, governing that pronoun, meaning 'to us'. It marks the audience the description is requested for.
ولا مثل لها فليشكرها العبد ولا يكفرها
And there is nothing like it, so let the servant be thankful and not ungrateful.
لَهَا to it
A preposition meaning 'for/to' fused to a feminine 'it' pronoun, 'to it', pointing back to the blessing. It marks what has no equal.
قلت يا رسول الله لأن أعافى فأشكر أحب إلي من أن أبتلى فأصبر،
I said, O Messenger of God, being well and grateful is more beloved to me than being tested and patient.
لَأَنْ for to
Here a small word for purpose is joined to the particle 'an', and together they set up a 'to do' clause and push the verb that follows into its subjunctive shape. The point is to mark what comes next as the aim or hypothetical being weighed, not a fact that happened.