مَسْجِدَmosque

Example sentences

• فَأَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ،

  So he went to the mosque.

  الْمَسْجِدَ — the mosque. Carries the attached 'the', marking a specific mosque, and its ending is the object case, showing it is what the verb of going lands on — the destination treated as a direct goal.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →

• فَخَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى اَلْمَسْجِدَ

  Then he went out until he reached the mosque.

  الْمَسْجِدَ — the mosque. The al- on the front makes it definite — *the* particular mosque. As the thing reached it takes the object (accusative) ending, which is how Arabic flags 'this noun is what the verb acted on' instead of relying on word order alone.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →