مِن from in Arabic

فَكلما أثمر مِنْهَا شَيْء جنيت ثمره وغرست نَوَاه

So whenever something from it bears fruit, you harvest its fruit and plant its seeds.

مِنها from it

min = 'from'; the ending '-ha' adds 'it' — together 'from it' (one Arabic word = two English words).

From Seeds and Streams of Deeds

فَمن ثَوَاب الْحَسَنَة الْحَسَنَة بعْدَهَا،

For among the rewards of a good deed is a good deed after it,

فَمِن so among

fa- = 'so, for'; min = 'from, among' — together 'for among'.

From Seeds and Streams of Deeds

وَمن عُقُوبَة السَّيئَة السَّيئَة بعْدَهَا

And among the penalties for a bad deed is a bad deed after it.

وَمِن and among

wa- = 'and'; min = 'from, among' — together 'and among'.

From Seeds and Streams of Deeds

لَيْسَ الْعجب من مَمْلُوك يتذلل لله ويتعبّد لَهُ،

It is not surprising for a servant to humble himself before Allah and worship Him,

مِن for

min = 'from, of'; here 'on the part of'; the noun after it takes the 'of' ending.

From Seeds and Streams of Deeds

إِنَّمَا الْعجب من مَالك يتحبب إِلَى مَمْلُوكه بصنوف إنعامه،

Indeed, the wonder is of a Master who endears Himself to His servant with various kinds of His favors,

مِن of

min = 'from, of'; here 'on the part of'; the noun after it takes the 'of' ending.

From Seeds and Streams of Deeds

وَكَانَ لرجل من بني إِسْرَائِيل اشْتَرَاهُ بِثَلَاثِينَ مِثْقَالا ونش يعْنى نصف مِثْقَال

And he was bought by a man from the Children of Israel for thirty mithqals and a half mithqal.

مِن from

Preposition 'min' = 'from'.

From Luqman's Response to Injustice

وَكَذَلِكَ مَا شرع للْمُسلمين فِي صلَاتهم وأذانهم وحجهم وأعيادهم من ذكر الله تَعَالَى

And likewise, what has been prescribed for the Muslims in their prayers, call to prayer, pilgrimage, and festivals in remembering Allah, the Exalted.

مِن in

'min' here is explanatory — 'consisting of, in the form of', spelling out what kind of thing was prescribed. It governs the genitive that names it.

From The Declaration of Faith

فَجَمِيع مَا شَرعه الله من الذّكر إِنَّمَا هُوَ كَلَام تَامّ لَا اسْم مُفْرد وَلَا مظهر وَلَا مُضْمر

For everything that Allah has prescribed as remembrance is complete speech, not a single word nor an explicit or implicit noun.

مِنَ from

'min' here is explanatory — 'in the form of, namely', spelling out the category. It governs the genitive that follows.

From The Declaration of Faith

وَمِنْه قَوْله تَعَالَى ٥ الْكَهْف ﴿كَبرت كلمة تخرج من أَفْوَاههم﴾ الْآيَة

And from it His, the Exalted, saying: 'Grievous is the word that comes out of their mouths.'

وَمِنْهُ and from it

'and from it' — 'wa' plus 'min' (from) plus 'it'. It marks the next quotation as another instance of the same usage: 'and an example of it [is]...'.

From The Declaration of Faith

وَمِنْه قَوْله تَعَالَى ٥ الْكَهْف ﴿كَبرت كلمة تخرج من أَفْوَاههم﴾ الْآيَة

And from it His, the Exalted, saying: 'Grievous is the word that comes out of their mouths.'

مِنْ from

'min' equals 'from, out of', governing genitive — the source the word issues from.

From The Declaration of Faith

وهو من أشراط الساعة،

It is one of the signs of the Hour.

مِن of

'min' equals 'of, among', governing genitive — 'among...'.

From Avoiding Scholarly Disputation

ثم إن بعض طلبة العلوم من أبناء فارس والروم، صاروا مولَعِين بنوع من جدل المموِّهين،

Then, some students of knowledge from the sons of Persia and Rome became obsessed with a type of deceptive argumentation.

مِن from

'min' equals 'from, of', governing genitive — 'from the sons of...'.

From Misguided Methodology

ثم إن بعض طلبة العلوم من أبناء فارس والروم، صاروا مولَعِين بنوع من جدل المموِّهين،

Then, some students of knowledge from the sons of Persia and Rome became obsessed with a type of deceptive argumentation.

مِن of

'min' equals 'of', governing genitive — 'a kind OF disputation'.

From Misguided Methodology

استحدثه طائفة من المشرقيين،

Invented by a group of Easterners.

مِنَ of

Partitive 'min' — 'a group OF the Easterners'; governs the genitive.

From Misguided Methodology

فيستنفد حبه من قلب العَبْد قُوَّة الْحبّ كلهَا بحب مَا عرفه من صِفَات جماله ونعوت كَمَاله فَيُصْبِح فؤاد عَبده فَارغًا إِلَّا من محبته،

So His love consumes all the strength of love in the heart of the servant due to the love of what he knows of His beauty and the descriptions of His perfection. Thus, the servant's heart becomes empty except for His love.

مِن from

Preposition 'from / out of', the source emptied; it governs the genitive. It marks where the love-capacity is drained from.

From Reflecting on God's Names

فيستنفد حبه من قلب العَبْد قُوَّة الْحبّ كلهَا بحب مَا عرفه من صِفَات جماله ونعوت كَمَاله فَيُصْبِح فؤاد عَبده فَارغًا إِلَّا من محبته،

So His love consumes all the strength of love in the heart of the servant due to the love of what he knows of His beauty and the descriptions of His perfection. Thus, the servant's heart becomes empty except for His love.

مِن of

Here this preposition is explanatory — 'namely, of', specifying what he knows; it governs the genitive. It opens the itemization.

From Reflecting on God's Names

فيستنفد حبه من قلب العَبْد قُوَّة الْحبّ كلهَا بحب مَا عرفه من صِفَات جماله ونعوت كَمَاله فَيُصْبِح فؤاد عَبده فَارغًا إِلَّا من محبته،

So His love consumes all the strength of love in the heart of the servant due to the love of what he knows of His beauty and the descriptions of His perfection. Thus, the servant's heart becomes empty except for His love.

مِن for

Here this preposition marks what it is empty of, the exception applying to it — 'empty of all save His love'. It governs the genitive.

From Reflecting on God's Names

وَإِذا تجلى بِصِفَات الرَّحْمَة وَالْبر واللطف وَالْإِحْسَان انبعثت قُوَّة الرَّجَاء من العَبْد

And when He manifests with attributes of mercy, benevolence, kindness, and excellence, the strength of hope is kindled within the servant.

مِنَ within

Here this preposition is 'from / within', the source the hope rises from; it governs the genitive. It locates the stirring in the servant.

From Reflecting on God's Names

وَإِذا تجلى بِصِفَات الْعدْل والانتقام انقمعت النَّفس الأمارة وبطلت قواها من الشَّهْوَة وَالْغَضَب

And when He manifests with attributes of justice and retribution, the commanding self is restrained, and its forces of desire and anger are nullified…

مِنَ of

Here this preposition specifies the kind — 'namely, of desire and anger'; it governs the genitive. It names which forces are voided.

From Reflecting on God's Names

انبَعَثَ من العَبْد قُوَّة الْحيَاء

A sense of modesty arises from the servant.

مِنَ from the

Preposition 'from / within', the source the modesty rises from; it governs the genitive. It locates the stirring in the servant.

From Humility Before the Divine

انبعثت من العَبْد قُوَّة التَّوَكُّل عَلَيْهِ والتفويض إِلَيْهِ وَالرِّضَا بِهِ

A strength of reliance upon Him, entrusting to Him, and contentment with Him arises from the servant.

مِنَ from

Preposition 'from / within', the source the strength rises from; it governs the genitive. It locates the stirring in the servant.

From Humility Before the Divine

والتوكل معنى يلتئم من علم العَبْد بكفاية الله

And reliance is a meaning formed from the servant's knowledge of God's sufficiency.

مِنْ from

Preposition 'from / out of', the source it is composed of; it governs the genitive. It marks what reliance is built from.

From Humility Before the Divine

أَعْطَتْ نَفسه المطمئنة مَا وصلت إِلَيْهِ من الذل لعظمته والانكسار لعزته

His tranquil soul gives what it reached in humility to His greatness and in submission to His might.

مِنَ from

Here this preposition is explanatory — 'consisting of', specifying what the soul reached; it governs the genitive. It opens the itemization.

From Humility Before the Divine

فجَاء الْبَرِيد بالْخبر من السَّمَاء

Then the messenger brought news from the heavens.

مِنَ from

Preposition 'from', the source; it governs the genitive, its vowel shifted to '-a' before the next word. It marks where the news came from.

From The Night of the Migration