بَاطِنِinner self

Example sentences

• فَدَخَلَ فِي بَاطِنِهِ الْخَرَابُ،

  Then ruin entered his inner self.

  بَاطِنِهِ — his inner self. This noun ends in the attached '-hi' (his) and takes the 'of...' (genitive) ending pulled in by the preposition 'fi'. The '-hi' reaches back to the man under discussion, so the suffix ties the entering of ruin to his own inner depths, not anyone else's.

  From: Sincerity in Prophetic Knowledge →

• والسرائر جمع سريرة وهي سرائر الله التي بينه وبين عبده في ظاهره وباطنه لله فالايمان من السرائر وشرائعه من السرائر

  Innermost matters is the plural of innermost matter; it refers to God's innermost matters that lie between Him and His servant, in both outward and inward aspects. Faith is among the innermost matters, and His laws are among the innermost matters.

  وَبَاطِنِهِ — and its inward aspect. The wa- pairs this with the previous 'outward', balancing outer against inner as a matched set. The noun again carries '-its' pointing to the same servant and stays in the genitive under the same governing 'in', so the connector here links two contrasting halves of one whole.

  From: Creation Points to Resurrection →