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Example sentences

• 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.

  From: Purification Without Water →

• 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.

  From: Grief of the Prophet's Grandson →

• 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.

  From: Grief of the Prophet's Grandson →

• 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.

  From: Health as a Blessing →

• 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.

  From: Health as a Blessing →