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لِابْنِ for Ibn in Arabic

لِابْنِ is how you say “for Ibn” in Arabic.

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وَمِنْ جُمْلَةِ مَا قَرَأَ أَجْزَاءً كَثِيرَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ الْفُنُونِ لِابْنِ عَقِيلِ،

Among the things he read were many sections of Ibn Aqil's Book of Arts.

لِابْنِ for Ibn

The preposition li- ('belonging to') prefixed to a 'son-of' name element. In a book reference li- assigns authorship, marking the following name as the one the work belongs to. It governs that name into the genitive and opens 'by Ibn...'.

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