مِثْلِهَاlike of it

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ عَادَ مِنْ الْغَدِ لِمِثْلِهَا،

  Then he returned the next day to do the same.

  لِمِثْلِهَا — for the like of it. Three pieces fused: a 'for' particle, the noun 'the like', and an attached -ha 'it' pointing back to the earlier deed. Together they say 'for the like of it' — the -ha is what ties this repeat to the first action, so tracking its referent is the whole point.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →

• فَيَتَزَوَّدُ بِمِثْلِهَا،

  So he would resupply himself with similar provisions.

  بِمِثْلِهَا — with similar provisions. A preposition fused with 'a like' and then 'her/it', stacking into 'with the like of it', so one word carries a whole prepositional phrase. The attached pronoun points back to the earlier provisions as what the new supplies matched.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →