الأَرْضِthe earth in Arabic

Example sentences

• ـ أُرِيَ فِي جِلْدٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، شَكَّ زُهَيْرُ ـ

  He was seen in a layer of earth, and Zuhayr doubted.

  الأَرْضِ — the earth. The al- makes this definite, 'the earth', and the preposition before it forces the oblique ending you see. Definiteness here treats the earth as a single known thing, not 'some earth'.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →