الشَّامِSyria in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَأَرْسَلَتْنِي دَسِيسًا إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ رَجَعَ مِنَ الشَّامِ،

  So she sent me as a schemer to Muhammad after he returned from Syria.

  الشام — Syria. A place-name made definite by al-, in the genitive because the preposition 'from' governs it. With that preposition it names where he came back from, finishing the time-setting clause.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →