لِأَهْلِfor the people of in Arabic

Example sentences

• ثم بنى لأهل الصلاح ذاتُ ألواحٍ وُدسرٍ فسلموا وغنموا وبحر الباقون كالجزر،

  Then He built for the people of righteousness a vessel of planks and nails; they were saved and prospered, while the rest were submerged like the ebbing tide,

  لِأَهْلِ — for the people of. A 'for/to' preposition is fused to the front, marking the people as the beneficiaries of the building, and it forces this noun into the 'of' ending. The noun is also the first half of a possessive pair, leaning on the following word for whose people are meant.

  From: Rain and God's Decree →