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يَدِهِ his hand in Arabic

يَدِهِ is how you say “his hand” in Arabic.

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وَيَتَقَرَّبُ بِتَقْبِيلِ يَدِهِ وَيَعْتَادُ بَرَكَتَهُ، وَيَعْمَلُ بِهَوَّاتِهِ دُونَ شَرْعِ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّتِهِ

And he seeks closeness by kissing his hand, becomes accustomed to his blessing, and acts according to his whims instead of God's law and His Sunnah.

يدهِ hand his

A noun closed by '-hi' (his), the owning half of an 'of' pairing with the action-noun before it, the possessor glued to its tail. The suffix points to the figure whose hand is kissed, so reading the line means tracking whose hand it is.

From Guidance for the Seeker

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فَمَلأَهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَأَدْنَاهُ مِنَ الْمِصْبَاحِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا وَهُوَ فِي يَدِهِ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ

So he filled it with water and placed it nearer to the lamp, and he did not cease standing while it was in his hand until morning came.

يَدِهِ his hand

This noun has the 'his' pronoun glued onto its end, marking the hand as belonging to him, and it sits in the genitive because the 'in' before it governs it. So the word fuses a possessor and a preposition's object. The attached -hi points back to the man holding the vessel.

From A Son Protecting His Father

فَلَمْ يَشْعُرْ حَتَّى ضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسِلْمِ بِيَدِهِ

He did not feel it until the Prophet struck him with his hand.

بِيَدِهِ with his hand

The bi- prefix is a preposition meaning 'with/by means of', governing the genitive; its noun carries a possessive 'his', so it reads 'with his hand', naming the instrument of the striking. One word carries preposition, noun, and owner.

From A Night with the Companions

أَنْتَ آدَمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ اللَّهُ بِيَدِهِ

You are Adam, whom Allah created with His own hand.

بِيَدِهِ with His hand

The bi- here means 'with', marking the instrument, and governs the noun for hand into the genitive, while the tail -hi, 'his', names the owner. So 'with His hand' fuses an instrument-preposition, a noun, and a possessor into one word, all pointing to God.

From Patience Under Decree

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