بَاطِنُهُhis inward

Example sentences

• وَلَكِنَّكُمْ مِمَّنْ قُبِحَ بَاطِنُهُ فَرَأَى ظَاهِرَهُ،

  But you are among those whose inward is ugly, so he displayed his outward appearance.

  بَاطِنُهُ — his inward. A noun ending in -hu 'his', so it fuses 'inner part' with its owner. The -hu points back to the unnamed member of the group, marking this as 'his inner part', the thing said to be foul.

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