لَأَكُونَنَّlet me be

Example sentences

• فَجَلَسْتُ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ، فَقُلْتُ لَأَكُونَنَّ بَوَّابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْيَوْمَ،

  So I sat by the door and said, "Let me be the doorkeeper of the Messenger of God today, may God bless him and grant him peace."

  لَأَكُونَنَّ — let me be. An emphasis-'la' front plus a heavy 'definitely' ending wrap this verb into a firm resolve, 'let me surely be'. That front-and-back emphasis is Arabic's strong vow marker.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →