بَيْتَhouse

Example sentences

• فلم يبق لِلِّصِّ إلا البيت الثالث، فهو الذي يَشُنُّ عليه الغارة

  So the thief is left with only the third house, which he launches an attack on.

  البَيْتُ — the house. The thing left over, in the nominative as the subject that 'remained'; the exception particle restores it as the affirmed remainder. The 'al-' makes it the specific house in the parable.

  From: Repelling the Devil →

• وَدَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ الْبَيْتَ،

  And Abdullah entered the house.

  الْبَيْتَ — the house. A definite noun 'the house' in the object ending, marking the destination entered. The ending flags it as what the verb of entering lands on, so it serves as the place gone into without needing a separate 'into'.

  From: What Was Created First →

• وَتَحُجُّ الْبَيْتَ إِنْ اِسْتَطَعْتَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا

  And perform the pilgrimage to the House if you are able to do so.

  الْبَيْتَ — the House. A definite noun 'the House' in the object (accusative) form, the destination the pilgrimage verb acts on. Its accusative ending marks it as the direct object of the performing.

  From: Faith and Worship →

• اِعْلَمْ يَا أَخِي أَنَّ الْبَيْتَ الْمَعْمُورَ كَانَ فِي الأَرْضِ

  Know, my brother, that the Frequented House was on the earth.

  الْبَيْت — the house. Definite by 'al-' and wearing the object ending because the emphatic 'that' before it grabs its following noun into that case. Though it is the subject of 'was', the particle's grammar puts it in object form as the topic of the report.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →

• فَهُوَ بِالْحِفْظِ أَوْلَى لِأَنَّ الْبَيْتَ الْمَعْمُورَ مَعْمُورٌ بِعِبَادَةِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ

  So he is more deserving of preservation, for the Much-Frequented House is filled with the worship of the angels.

  الْبَيْتَ — the house. Definite by 'al-' and wearing the object ending because the causal 'because (that)' before it grabs its following noun into that case. Though it is the subject of the reason-clause, the particle's grammar puts it in object form first.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →