أَفِيis in

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ أَفِي الْقَوْمِ مُحَمَّدٌ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ،

  Then Abu Sufyan said, "Is Muhammad among the people?" three times.

  أَفِي — is in. A question marker fused onto the preposition 'in', giving 'is (he) among...?'. The question piece on the front turns the clause into a yes/no question, while the preposition sets up the 'among' relationship for the noun to come.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• ثُمَّ قَالَ أَفِي الْقَوْمِ إِبْنُ أَبِ قُحَافَةِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ،

  Then he said, "Is the son of Abu Quhafa among the people?" three times.

  أَفِي — is in. A question marker fused onto the preposition 'in', giving 'is (he) among...?'. The front piece turns the clause into a yes/no question; the preposition sets up the 'among' relationship for the noun to come.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• ثُمَّ قَالَ أَفِي الْقَوْمِ اِبْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ،

  He then said three times, "Is Ibn al-Khattab among the people?"

  أَفِي — is ... among. A question marker fused onto the preposition 'in', giving 'is (he) among...?'. The front piece makes it a yes/no question; the preposition sets up the 'among' relationship.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• قُلْتُ أَفِي غَنَمِكَ لَبَنٌ

  I said, "Is there milk in your flock?"

  أَفِي — is there in. Two pieces fused: a question-marker 'a-' that turns the line into a yes/no question, plus the preposition 'in'. So this chunk both flags the asking and opens 'is there in...'. The question-particle is what signals the whole sentence is a query, with no change in word order.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →