لمنfor someone who

Example sentences

• وَاعجَبا لمن يَدعِي الْمحبَّة وَيحْتَاج إِلَى من يذكرهُ بمحبوبه

  How astonishing it is for someone who claims love and needs someone to remind them of their beloved.

  لِمَنْ — for someone who. 'Li-' (for / at) fused with the relative 'man' — 'at the one who…'. The 'li-' marks the object of the astonishment: wonder directed at such a person.

  From: Remembering and Loving God →

• فَإِن فِي قَتلهمْ أجرا عِنْد الله لمن قَتلهمْ

  For indeed in killing them is a reward with Allah for whoever kills them.

  لِمَنْ — for whoever. This single word fuses the 'for/to' preposition with a relative 'whoever', held in the genitive by the preposition. It opens 'for whoever...', naming the beneficiary of the reward.

  From: Sincerity and Hypocrisy →