إِنِّيindeed I

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لَا وَيَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ ثَابِتَ الْبُنَّانِيَّ

  He said, "No. May God have mercy on you, for I heard Thabit al-Bunnani."

  فَإِنِّي — for indeed I. The emphatic particle 'indeed' fused with a first-person 'I', opened by the attached 'for/so'. The prefix gives a causal 'because' tone, the particle stresses the statement, and the ending carries the speaker.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• قَالَتْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَشْهَدُكَ وَأَشْهَدُ رَسُولَكَ أَنِّي قَدْ رَضِيتُ عَنْ إِبْنِي

  She said, "O Allah, I testify to You and to Your Messenger that I am satisfied with my son."

  أني — indeed I. This is the emphatic 'indeed' particle with the 'I' pronoun fused onto its end, so one word carries both the stress and the speaker. It grips that attached 'I' in the object-like form the particle always requires. It launches the solemn declaration the speaker is about to make.

  From: A Mother's Forgiveness →

• وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أُجَرَّاءَ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ،

  And the third said, "O Allah, indeed I hired laborers and gave them their wages."

  إِنِّي — indeed I. An emphatic particle fused to an 'I' pronoun, lending weight, 'truly I', as a prayer opener. It forces that attached pronoun into its object-like slot and sets a solemn tone for the claim that follows.

  From: Trapped and Delivered →

• فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ

  So I said, "I am not mocking you."

  إِنِّي — indeed I. An emphatic particle fused to an 'I' pronoun, adding weight, 'truly I'. It forces that attached pronoun into its object-like slot and braces the denial that follows, lending the speaker's protest extra force.

  From: Trapped and Delivered →

• قَالَ إِنِّي مُحْتَاجٌ، وَعَلَيَّ عِيَالٌ، وَلِيَّ حَاجَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ

  He said, "I am in need, and I have dependents, and I have an urgent need."

  إِنِّي — I am. An emphatic particle fused to an 'I' pronoun, lending the coming claim weight, 'truly I'. It forces that attached pronoun into its object-like slot and braces the plea that follows; the predicate after it has no separate 'am', since Arabic links subject to predicate without a 'to be'.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• قَالَ دَعْنِي فَإِنِّي مُحْتَاجٌ، وَعَلَيَّ عِيَالٌ لَا أَعُودُ،

  He said, "Let me go; I am in need and have dependents. I will not return."

  فَإِنِّي — for I am. A conditional/explanatory 'fa-' fused to an emphatic 'I' particle, opening a reason-clause: 'for I am...'. The 'fa-' here gives a 'because' sense, and the emphatic particle braces the excuse that follows with extra weight.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• فَإِنِّي أَرْجُو أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لِي

  I hope that I will be permitted.

  فَإِنِّي — so indeed I. Three pieces fused: fa- as 'so', then an emphasizer 'indeed', then -ni ('I') as its subject. The emphasizer drives home the certainty of the hope that follows, gripping the speaker as its subject, so one word sets up an insistent 'for indeed I ...'.

  From: The Secret Migration →

• قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أُذِنَ لِي فِي الْخُرُوجِ

  He said, "I have indeed been permitted to go out."

  فَإِنِّي — so indeed I. Three pieces fused: fa- as 'so', then an emphasizer 'indeed', then -i ('I') as its grabbed subject. The emphasizer drives home the certainty of what follows, the granted permission, so one word sets up an insistent 'for indeed I ...'.

  From: The Secret Migration →

• إِنِّي أُحَذِّرُكِ أَنْ تَعْصِيَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ

  I warn you not to disobey Allah and His Messenger.

  إِنِّي — I. An emphasis particle 'truly/indeed' with a single 'I' attached as its subject; its job is to open the warning forcefully, lending weight beyond a plain 'I'. The attached pronoun is what it leans on.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →

• فَقَالَ إِنِّي مَعَ رَجُلٍ إِنْ أَكَلَ ذِكْرَ اسْمِ اللَّهِ فَلَا آكُلُ مَعَهُ

  He said, "I am with a man; if he eats while mentioning the Name of God, I will not eat with him."

  انى — I am. An emphasizer 'indeed' carrying the first-person ending '-i' (I), opening an emphatic 'I am with...'. The particle strengthens the whole statement, not just names the speaker.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →

• وَإِنِّي أُخْبِرُ عَنْ حَالِيِ،

  And I tell of my condition,

  وَإِنِّي — and I. This token fuses the linking wa- with the emphatic particle inna and the attached 'I' pronoun. The inna part is doing emphasis: it braces the coming statement as something firmly asserted, like 'and indeed I...'. So the word both connects the sentence and stresses what the speaker is about to claim.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →

• وَإِنِّي تَدَبَّرْتُ أَحْوَالَ أَكْثَرِ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَالْمُتَزَهِّدِينَ،

  And indeed I reflected on the conditions of most of the scholars and the ascetics.

  وَإِنِّي — and indeed I. Two pieces fused: the linking 'and' (wa-) joining this to the prior sentence, plus an emphasizer that braces the whole statement as 'indeed/truly', with the speaker's own 'I' attached to its end. The emphasizer's job is to add weight and certainty, presenting what follows as a firmly asserted personal claim.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →

• وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ خَلْقًا كَثِيرًا غَرَّهُمْ الشَّبَابُ،

  And I saw many people whom youth had deceived,

  وَإِنِّي — and indeed I. Two fused pieces: the linking 'and' (wa-) plus an emphasizer bracing the statement as 'indeed', with the speaker's 'I' attached. The emphasizer presents the following first-person claim as firmly asserted, lending weight to the observation the author is about to report.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →

• وَكَانَ الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَعْصِيَ اللَّهَ، فَأَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ فِي خَلْقِ دَابَّتِي وَجَارِيَتِي

  Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad used to say: I do disobey God, and I perceive that in the nature of my mount and my female servant.

  إِنِّي — indeed I. An emphatic particle 'indeed/truly' with a first-person 'I' pronoun fused onto its end, together 'truly I'. The particle braces the whole confession that follows, lending it force, and the suffixed 'I' is the noun it grabs into its grip, the speaker himself. It opens an emphatic 'it is truly the case that I...'.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →

• قَالَ إِنِّي مُحْتَالٌ لَكُمْ بِحِيْلَةٍ

  He said, "Indeed I am scheming for you with a ruse."

  إِنِّي — indeed I. The heavy emphasis-particle 'indeed' fused with an attached 'I', so one word braces the claim and names its subject at once. The emphasis-particle leans the sentence forward, presenting what follows as a firm promise.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →

• وَقَدِيمًا خِرِتُ لَهُمْ فَإِنِّي لَأَذُودُهُمْ عَنْ نَعِيمِهَا وَرَخَائِهَا

  And long ago I took pains for them, so indeed I do ward them off from its pleasures and its comforts.

  فَإِنِّي — so indeed I. This stacks three things: fa- ('so') draws a consequence from what came before, inna stamps the statement with emphatic certainty, and -i is the 'I' pronoun. The inna is the grammatical heart, marking a firm 'indeed I truly'. So one word carries the connector, the emphasis, and the subject.

  From: Under God's Shield →

• وَإِنِّي لَأُجَنِّبُهُمْ سَلْوَتَهَا وَعَيْشَهَا

  And indeed I do keep them away from its pleasures and its life.

  وَإِنِّي — and indeed I. This joins the 'and' connector to the emphatic particle inna and fuses -i, the 'I' pronoun, onto the end. The inna is the grammatical heart, stamping the statement as a firm 'indeed I truly'. So one word carries the connector, the emphasis, and the subject all at once.

  From: Under God's Shield →