Arabic vocabulary
لمن is how you say “for someone who” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
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 →OpenArabic teaches words like لمن through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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