بَيْتِhouse of

Example sentences

• حَتَّىٰ إِذَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةِ،

  So when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was in the house of Aisha,

  بَيْتِ — house of. This noun heads a possessive pairing with the name after it, 'house of Aisha'; placed first it drops its own 'the' and takes definiteness from the owner that follows. Governed by the 'in' before it, the phrase sits in the genitive as the location.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• بَعَثَ صَاحِبُ الْهَدِيَّةِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةِ،

  The owner of the gift sent to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, while he was in Aisha's house,

  بَيْتِ — house of. This noun heads a possessive pairing with the name after it, 'house of Aisha'; placed first it drops its own 'the' and takes definiteness from the owner that follows. Governed by the 'in' before it, the phrase sits in the genitive as the location.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• وَقَلْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَلْفِ أَلْفٍ مَرَّةٍ

  And the believer's heart is better than the Frequented House by more than a thousand thousand times.

  الْبَيْتِ — the house. Definite by 'al-', in the genitive ending under the comparison 'than'. It is the standard the heart is held up against, the thing being out-ranked.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →