لِنَاfor us in Arabic

Example sentences

• قَالَ وَوَفَى لِنَا

  He said, and he fulfilled for us.

  لِنَا — for us. A 'for/to' preposition fused with 'us', marking the group who benefited from the fulfilment. The single word bundles both the direction and the first-person plural.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →

• شَفِّعْ لِنَا إِلَى رَبِّنَا

  Intercede for us with our Lord.

  لِنَا — for us. A small preposition with -na ('us') fused on, 'for us', marking who benefits from the requested intercession. The preposition forces the pronoun into its object-of-preposition shape and pins down the beneficiaries, the speakers themselves. So it tells us on whose behalf the plea is made.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَذْهَبُ فَيَعْلَمُ لِنَا عِلْمَ الْقَوْمِ

  Then he said, 'There is a man who goes and learns the people's knowledge for us.'

  لِنَا — for us. This is the preposition 'for' plus the ending 'us', flagging the people the errand benefits. The preposition assigns the beneficiary role: the man would learn on their behalf. The fused pronoun makes one word do the work of 'for us'.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →