يَوْمَئِذٍon that day

Example sentences

• قَالَ وَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ

  He said, and on that day the Messenger of Allah gave the order.

  يَوْمَئِذٍ — on that day. A fused time-word meaning 'on that day', built from 'day' plus a 'then' element, with its '-in' tail marking it as an adverb of time. It pins the command to a specific past moment without needing a preposition.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• فَقُتِلَ مِنْ خَيْلِ خَالِدِ يَوْمَئِذٍ رَجُلَانِ

  So two men from Khalid's horsemen were killed that day.

  يَوْمَئِذٍ — that day. A single fused time-word built from 'day' plus 'then', meaning 'on that day'. It anchors the killing to a specific past moment already in view, working as one adverb even though English needs several words to render it.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• وَخَدِيْجَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِنْتٌ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةٍ

  Khadijah was then forty years old.

  يَوْمَئِذٍ — on that day. A time adverb ('on that day/then') in the accusative, the case Arabic uses for such time-words. It pins the statement to the moment of the marriage just described, setting when she was forty.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →