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الشَّامِ Syria in Arabic

الشَّامِ is how you say “Syria” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

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