عَلَيْنَاon + Us

Example sentences

• 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.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →

• 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.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →

• 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'.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →

• 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.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →