عَلَيْنَا on + Us in Arabic
عَلَيْنَا is how you say “on + Us” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
رَأَيْنَا لَهُنَّ بِذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا حَقًّا،
We considered that for them, by that, a right upon us.
عَلَيْنَا upon us
A preposition 'upon/over' with a 'us' attached, marking the speakers as the ones the obligation falls on; it sets up the 'a duty incumbent ON us' side of the sentence and holds 'us' in the 'of' ending.
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وَأَلْقَيْنَا سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا
And we cast tranquility upon us.
عَلَيْنَا upon us
The preposition 'upon' fused with -na, 'us', marking the speakers as the ones the calm settles onto. The glued pronoun-plus-preposition names the recipients, where the cast-down tranquility lands.
سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَجْزَعَنَا أَمْ صَبْرِنَا
It makes no difference to us whether we panic or remain patient.
عَلَيْنَا for us
A preposition ('upon/to') with 'us' attached, marking on whom the indifference falls. The suffix names the affected party, completing 'it is the same to us'.
وَتَابَ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ
May He accept our repentance and the repentance of all sinners.
عَلَيْنَا on us
The preposition 'ala 'upon' fused with an 'us' at its end. With the verb of relenting it builds the idiom 'relent toward us / accept our repentance', where the preposition marks who the relenting is directed at. The attached 'us' takes the genitive form a pronoun has after a preposition.