Arabic vocabulary
يَوْمَئِذٍ is how you say “on that day” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
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 →OpenArabic teaches words like يَوْمَئِذٍ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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