فِيهَا inside in Arabic

إنما مثَّل ﷺ ذلك بصاحب الصُّرة التي فيها المسك؛

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used the example of the person with a bag containing musk;

فِيهَا in it

'In' fused with '-ha' (it) — 'in which [is]', a fronted location opening the relative clause's content. The feminine suffix points back to the pouch.

From The Meaning of Fasting

وأَمِن فيها من الزور والكذب والفجور والظلم

and feels secure therein from falsehood, lying, immorality, and injustice.

فِيهَا in it

'In' fused with '-ha' (it) — 'in it / therein', pointing back to the company or the sitting. The feminine suffix ties to that feminine noun.

From The Meaning of Fasting

قيل هذه أيضا فيها قولان أحدهما هذا

It is said that there are two opinions on this matter, one of which is this.

فِيهَا in it

This is a preposition fused with a feminine attached pronoun, read as one word meaning 'in it'. The pronoun reaches back to the feminine matter just named, and the preposition marks that the two opinions are held within that matter, so one Arabic word equals English 'in it'.

From Ten Proofs of Resurrection

فإما أن تتجر فيها بطاعة فتربح، وإما أن تتجر فيها بمعصية فتخسر

So either you trade in it with obedience and profit, or you trade in it with disobedience and lose.

فِيهَا in it

One word combining the preposition 'in' with the attached pronoun 'it', so it means 'in it'. The pronoun reaches back to the moment or capital spoken of earlier; tracking that referent is part of reading the clause, since Arabic fuses it onto the preposition rather than spelling it out.

From While You Still Can

فإما أن تتجر فيها بطاعة فتربح، وإما أن تتجر فيها بمعصية فتخسر

So either you trade in it with obedience and profit, or you trade in it with disobedience and lose.

فِيهَا in it

The preposition 'in' fused with the pronoun 'it', giving 'in it' in a single word. The 'it' points back to the same moment-as-capital image; Arabic attaches the pronoun to the preposition rather than using a separate word.

From While You Still Can

وبالغ في ذمها ويكفي ما فيها من الأكدار،

And He went to lengths in condemning it, and the distresses within it are enough,

فِيهَا in it

This is the preposition 'in' joined with 'it (feminine)', the pronoun pointing back to the world. The preposition sets the pronoun in its object form; together they mean 'within it'.

From Preferring the Hereafter

قَالَ لَا حَاجَةُ لِيَّ فِيهَا

He said, "I have no need for it."

فِيهَا in it

A preposition 'in/for' fused with an attached 'it', meaning 'in it', pointing back to the thing offered. The suffix tracks what there is no need for.

From Wealth and Knowledge on Trial

وَلَيْسَ فِيهَا ذِكْرٌ لِإِبْلِيسِ،

And there is no mention of Iblis in it.

فِيهَا in it

The relator 'fi' = 'in' fused to '-ha' = 'it' (feminine), pointing back to the earlier scripture/account: 'in it'. One word carries both relator and pronoun, and it locates where the missing mention would be.

From Adam, Eve, and the Forbidden Tree

وَفِيهَا أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا عُرْيَانَيْنِ

And in it they were both naked.

وَفِيهَا and in it

'Wa-' opens the sentence, fused with the relator 'fi' = 'in' and '-ha' = 'it' (feminine): 'and in it'. The pronoun points back to the earlier account/scripture; the relator with its pronoun locates what the clause reports as written there.

From Adam, Eve, and the Forbidden Tree

الَّتِي فِيهَا إِبْنُ صَيَّادٍ وَهُوَ يَخْتِلُ

in which Ibn Sayyad was present and he was strutting.

فِيهَا in it

A preposition 'in' fused with an attached 'it' pronoun that is feminine to agree with the place referred to. The preposition marks containment, so one word says 'inside that location' and tracks back to the spot just named.

From A Night with the Companions

يَعْنِي فِي قَطِيفَةٍ لَهُ فِيهَا رَمْزَةٌ أَوْ زَمْرَةٌ،

It means a small scrap of cloth that he has, in which there is a mark or a tuft.

فِيهَا in it

A preposition 'in' fused with an attached 'it' pronoun that is feminine to agree with the item referred to. The preposition marks containment, so one word says 'inside it' and tracks back to the cloth just mentioned.

From A Night with the Companions

فَتَزَوَّدَ وَحَمَلَ شَنَّةً لَهُ فِيهَا مَاءٌ

So he took provisions and carried a bundle for himself that contained water.

فِيهَا in it

One word doing the work of 'in it': the 'in' preposition plus the attached 'it'. The suffix is feminine, reaching back to the feminine bundle, so it tells you what the water is inside.

From A Stranger Finds the Prophet

لَيْتَنِي فِيهَا جَذْعًا،

I wish I were a stump in it,

فِيهَا in it

A preposition 'in' with the pronoun 'it' (feminine) fused onto its tail, so one word carries both. The 'it' reaches back to the situation the speaker wishes to be inside; the attached pronoun sits in the genitive, as everything after a preposition does.

From The Night of Revelation and Consolation

فِي سَاعَةٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَأْتِينَا فِيهَا

At a time when he did not come to us.

فِيهَا in it

A preposition 'in' with 'it' (feminine) fused onto its end; the 'it' loops back to the 'hour' named earlier, so this closes the relative clause as 'at which'. The attached pronoun takes the genitive after the preposition.

From The Secret Migration

وَهِيَ أُمُّ عَائِشَةِ، عَمَّا قِيلَ فِيهَا مَا قِيلَ

She was Aisha's mother; as for what was said about her, whatever was said.

فِيهَا in her

This is the preposition 'in/about' with an attached -ha ('her'), and here 'about her' marks the woman as the subject of what was said. The attached pronoun is in the genitive form a preposition takes.

From Aisha Cleared of Slander

وَهَذَا الْمُعَثِّرُ يُسْمِعُ الآلَافَ مِنَ الْحُدَّاثِ فِيهَا الْوَعِيدَ وَالتَّهْدِيدَ،

And this one who causes others to stumble makes thousands of youths hear the warning and the threat contained in it.

فِيهَا in it

The preposition 'in' fused with a feminine pronoun, giving 'in it' in one word. The pronoun reaches back to the speech or hadith mentioned, so it tells where the warning and threat are contained, tracking a referent some distance back.

From Humility Over Fame

قُلْتُ وَالنَّفْسُ فِيهَا قُوَّتَانِ قُوَّةُ الإِقْدَامِ وَقُوَّةُ الإِحْجَامِ

I said, and the soul, in it are two powers: the power of taking action and the power of refraining.

فِيهَا in it

A preposition ('in') with a feminine 'it' attached, fronted ahead of its subject so the clause reads 'in it are two powers'. The pronoun points back to the soul, and the fronting puts the location-phrase first as the comment.

From Patience and the Human Self

وَهِيَ الْحَقِيقَةُ الْكَوْنِيَّةُ الَّتِي يَشْتَرِكُ فِيهَا

And it is the universal reality in which all participate.

فِيهَا in it

One word doing two jobs: the preposition 'in' fused with an attached 'it' that points back to the reality. The pronoun is the hidden subject's location, and notice the suffix reaches back across the relative pronoun to the noun named earlier.

From What Worship Really Means

وَكَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ الزَنْدَقَةِ وَعِبَادَةِ النُّجُومِ وَرَأْيُ الْأَوَائِلِ شَيْءٌ كَثِيرٌ،

And in it there was much heresy, star-worship, and many opinions of the early authorities.

فِيهَا in it

A preposition 'in' fused to a feminine 'it' tag — 'in it' in one word — locating the contents inside something earlier (the books/edition). The suffix's feminine form points back to a specific feminine noun.

From An Exiled Scholar's Trials

فَاسْتَفَدْتُ بِالنَّظَرِ فِيهَا مِنْ مُلاحَظَةٍ سَيْرِ القَوْمِ،

So I benefited from observing the conduct of the people.

فِيهَا in them

The preposition fi- with the feminine pronoun -ha attached. The -ha points back to the books or registers mentioned earlier, not to anything nearby, so 'in them' refers to that distant antecedent. Reading the right referent is part of parsing the line.

From A Life of Reading and Writing

حَتَّى السُّوَيْعَاتِ الَّتِي يَضْطَرُّ فِيهَا لِاسْتِقْبَالِ زَائِرِيهِ،

Even the brief moments when he was compelled to receive his visitors,

فِيهَا in them

The preposition fi- with the feminine pronoun -ha attached, completing the relative clause: in which. The -ha points back to the moments, anchoring the clause to them. One token carries the preposition, the pronoun, and the link to its referent.

From A Life of Reading and Writing

لَيْسَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَفِيهِ حَمْقَةٌ فِيهَا يَعِيشُ

There is no one except that in him is a folly in which he lives.

فِيهَا in it

This is the preposition 'in' with an attached '-it' at its end, the '-it' reaching back to the folly just named. So one word says 'in it', linking the next verb to that folly. It opens the relative description of how the person 'lives' within that folly.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

وَالْثَّانِيُ أَنَّ حَالَةً سَمَاعِ الْمَوَاعِظِ يَكُونُ الإِنْسَانُ فِيهَا مَزَاحَ الْعِلَّةِ،

Second: that when a person is in the state of listening to admonitions, he is relieved of the impediment.

فِيهَا in it

This is an in/within preposition with an attached 'it' (feminine), pointing back to the state of listening. The suffix locates the person inside that very condition: 'in it'.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness

إن أول الناس يقضى يوم القيامة عليه رجل اسُتشهد، فأتي به، فعرفه نعمته، فعرفها، قال فما عملت فيها؟

Indeed, the first of the people to be judged on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who was martyred. He will be brought, and Allah will make him recognize His blessings, and he will recognize them, and He will say: 'What did you do with them?'

فِيهَا with them

This is the preposition 'in/with' fused with -ha ('them'), 'with them', the suffix pointing back to the blessings. It frames the blessings as the field of his actions, asking what he did within them.

From Intentions on Judgment Day