رَائِحَةscent

Example sentences

• حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْا مِنْهَا وَاسْتَنْشَقُوا رَائِحَتَهَا وَنَظَرُوا إِلَى قُصُورِهَا وَإِلَى مَا أَعَدَّ اللهُ لِأَهْلِهَا فِيهَا،

  until they come close to it, inhale its fragrance, and see its palaces and what Allah has prepared for its inhabitants in it,

  رَائِحَتَهَا — its fragrance. A noun, 'fragrance', with 'its' attached as possessor pointing back to the Garden, and it is the object breathed in. The suffix ties the scent to the place; the noun carries the object ending.

  From: Turned Away at the Gate →