مِحْرَابٍprayer niche

Example sentences

• وآخر منهم إن حضر في ختمة أو تلا في محراب جعل ديدنه إحضار غرائب الوجوه والسكت،

  Another of them, when present at a completion or when reciting in the prayer niche, made it his habit to produce strange facial expressions and to remain silent.

  مِحْرَابٍ — prayer niche. An indefinite noun (no al- 'the') for the prayer niche, in the genitive because 'in' governs it. The indefinite form leaves it as 'some niche', any such spot, fitting the general 'whenever' tone of the condition. It is the place-object attached by the preposition to the verb of reciting.

  From: Sincere Worship →