الْمِخْضَبِthe basin

Example sentences

• هُمْ يَنْتَظِرُوْنَكَ قَالَ ضَعُوا لِيَّ مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ

  They are waiting for you. He said, "Put water for me in the basin."

  الْمِخْضَبِ — the basin. A definite noun (a wash-basin) in the genitive as the object of 'in'. Its 'the' points to a particular known vessel.

  From: Prayer During Illness →

• هُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ضَعُوا لِي مَاءً فِي الْمِخْضَبِ

  They were waiting for you, O Messenger of Allah, so he said, "Put water for me in the basin."

  الْمِخْضَبِ — the basin. A definite noun (the basin) sitting in the genitive as the object of the 'in' before it, the case that preposition demands. Its 'the' singles out a particular known vessel rather than just any basin.

  From: Prayer During Illness →