إِنِّيI

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لَهُ رجل إِنِّي أَكثر الْبكاء

  A man said to him, 'I cry often.'

  إِنِّي — indeed I. The emphatic 'inna' with 'I' fused onto it, opening an assertion with force, 'truly I...'. The suffix is the subject that the emphatic particle takes, here the speaker himself.

  From: Contentment with What God Wills →

• إنِّي أُعَلِّمُك كَلِمَاتٍ

  Indeed, I will teach you some words:

  إِنِّي — Indeed, I. The emphatic 'inna' with 'I' fused on, 'truly I...', opening the promise with assertion. The suffix is the subject the particle governs, the speaker himself.

  From: Patience and Trust in God →

• وقال أبو الدرداء إني لأستجم نفسي ببعض الباطل كراهية أن أحمل عليها من لحق ما يكلها

  And Abu al-Darda said, 'Indeed, I refresh myself with some idle talk, fearing that I might burden it with so much truth that it becomes weary.'

  إِنِّي — indeed, I. An emphatic 'indeed' particle fused with the attached -i 'I'. It opens the statement forcefully and grips that 'I' as its accusative subject.

  From: Reviving the Heart →

• ثم قال اللهم إني أسألك كما سألك إبراهيم وإسماعيل، فاجعل أفئدة من الناس تهوي إليهم

  Then he said: O Allah, I ask you as Ibrahim and Ismail asked you, so direct the hearts of the people towards them.

  إِنِّي — I. An emphatic 'indeed' particle fused with the attached -i 'I'; it opens the plea forcefully and grips that 'I' as its accusative subject.

  From: Bedouin Manners →

• اسمعوا وصفي للسلف فإني ألتذ بذكرهم التذاذ

  Listen to my description of the predecessors, for I find pleasure in mentioning them.

  فَإِنِّي — for indeed I. The prefix fa- gives the reason, 'for', and what follows is an emphasizer with the attached -i 'I'. This emphasizing particle braces the coming statement as firmly true and pins 'I' to it, so 'for indeed I'.

  From: Signs of God's Transcendence →

• ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنِّي قَدْ خَبَأْتُ لَكَ خَبِيئًا

  Then the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "I have hidden something for you."

  إِنِّي — indeed I. An emphasis particle with a first-person 'I' pronoun attached to it. Its job is not meaning but force: it braces the whole statement that follows, adding the weight English would carry with 'truly' or a firm tone, and it sets up 'I' as the subject of what comes next.

  From: A Night with the Companions →

• فيقول لهم إن ربي غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله، وإني كنت كذبت ثلاث كذبات، نفسي نفسي نفسي، اذهبوا إلى غيري،

  He will say to them: "My Lord has become angry today with an anger like none before or after. Indeed, I told three lies. Myself, myself, myself! Go to someone else."

  وَإِنِّي — Indeed I. 'wa-' opens a fresh confessing clause and the emphatic particle fused inside it carries '-i' for 'I', so the word is 'and indeed I'. The emphasis particle braces the admission as earnest and certain.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →

• فيقول إن ربي قد غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله، وإني قد قتلت نفساً لم أومر بقتلها، نفسي نفسي نفسي، اذهبوا إلى غيري،

  He will say: "My Lord has become angry today with an anger like none before or after. Indeed, I killed a person whom I was not commanded to kill. Myself, myself, myself! Go to someone else."

  وَإِنِّي — Indeed I. 'wa-' opens a confessing clause and the emphatic particle fused inside it carries '-i' for 'I', giving 'and indeed I'. The emphasis braces the admission as earnest and certain.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →

• والتهوع بالتسهيل، وأتى بكل خلاف ونادى على نفسه أنا أبو فلان فاعرفوني فإني عارف بالسبع

  He put on an ostentatious display of making things easy, entered every dispute, and cried out about his self, "I am the father of so-and-so; recognize me, for I know of the seven."

  فَإِنِّي — for I. This packs fa- 'for/so' onto an emphasis particle that strongly asserts the clause, then attaches 'I'. The emphasizer adds a forceful 'indeed I [truly]...' tone backing up the demand to be recognized. The fa- gives it a justifying 'for' flavour, so the whole means 'for indeed I am...', leading into his claim of expertise.

  From: Sincere Worship →