مَسْجِدِ mosque in Arabic
مَسْجِدِ is how you say “mosque” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَالنَّاسُ عُكُوفٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَنْتَظِرُونَ النَّبِيَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ
And the people remained in the mosque, waiting for the Prophet, peace be upon him.
الْمَسْجِدِ the mosque
A definite noun (the mosque) in the genitive as the object of the 'in' before it, the case that preposition forces. Its 'the' marks the specific known place, the gathering-spot, not a mosque in general.
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ثُمَّ اِحْتَمَلَ قِرْبَتَهُ وَزَادَهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ،
Then he carried his waterskin and his provisions to the mosque,
الْمَسْجِدِ the mosque
Carries the attached 'the', marking a specific mosque, and its ending is the case the motion preposition forces on it. It is the goal the carrying is aimed at.
قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ بِهِ فَوَجَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَمَعَهُ النَّاسُ،
He said: So I took it to him and found the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, in the mosque with the people.
الْمَسْجِدِ the mosque
The mosque as the place, governed by 'in' and so in the genitive, made definite by al-. The case shows it is what the location preposition governs.
فَجِئْنَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ،
So we came to the mosque.
الْمَسْجِدِ the mosque
This noun carries al- ('the'), making it the one specific mosque, and standing after 'to' it takes the genitive ending a preposition imposes. It is the destination of the motion in the verb.
فَقَهَرَهُ، وَمَنَعَهُ عَنِ الْوُصُولِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ،
Then he overpowered him and prevented him from reaching the mosque.
الْمَسْجِدِ the mosque
Governed by the preceding 'to', this definite noun takes the genitive ending and names the destination the man is barred from reaching: the mosque. Its al- marks the specific mosque. With the preposition it completes 'reaching the mosque'.