Arabic vocabulary
أَنَّيِ is how you say “that I” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ثُمَّ قَالَ لِابْنِ صَيَّادِ تَشْهَدُ أَنَّيِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
Then he said to Ibn Sayyad, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?"
أَنَّيِ — that I. A subordinating 'that' particle with a first-person 'I' attached, opening the clause of what is to be testified; the suffix is its subject. One word carries the linker and 'I'.
From: A Night with the Companions →فَقَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَشْهَدُ أَنَّيِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
Then Ibn Sayyad said to the Prophet, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of God?"
أَنَّيِ — that I. A subordinating 'that' particle with a first-person 'I' attached, opening the clause of what is to be testified; the suffix is its subject. One word carries the linker and 'I'.
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