حَمْدِpraise

Example sentences

• فَأَخْبَرَهَا فَقَالَتْ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ لَا بِحَمْدِ أَحَدٍ

  He informed her, and she said, "Praise is for Allah, not for anyone else."

  بِحَمْدِ — in the praise of. The prefix bi- here marks the means or attribution, 'by way of / with', heading the noun 'praise', and it locks onto the divine name after it in a possessive chain. Together they give 'with praise of God', assigning the praise to its rightful owner, the name in the 'of'-style ending.

  From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →

• فَأَخْبَرَهَا فَقَالَتْ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ لَا بِحَمْدِ أَحَدٍ

  He informed her, and she said, "Praise is for Allah, not for anyone else."

  بِحَمْدِ — in the praise of. The same bi- 'with / by way of' on 'praise' again, this time heading the excluded side after the negator: 'not with praise of anyone'. Repeating the phrase keeps the two halves parallel, God's praise set against anyone else's, and it governs the following noun into the 'of'-style ending.

  From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →