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خَيْرِ the good in Arabic

خَيْرِ is how you say “the good” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَكَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِّنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ مَا يَزِنُ شَعِيرَةً،

And in his heart there was some good that weighed as much as a barley grain.

ٱلْخَيْرِ the good

The al- prefix makes this definite, the good as a known quality. After the partitive preposition it takes the genitive shape, and it names the substance a portion of which sat in the heart.

From Intercession on Judgment Day

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وَكَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ مَا يَزِنُ بُرَّةً،

And in his heart there was some good that weighed a barley grain.

الْخَيْرِ the good

The al- prefix makes this definite, the good as a known quality. After the partitive preposition it takes the genitive shape, naming the substance a portion of which lay in the heart.

From Intercession on Judgment Day

وَكَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مَا يَزِنُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ ذَرَّةً

And in his heart there was some good that weighed a speck.

الْخَيْرِ good

The al- prefix makes this definite, the good as a known quality. After the partitive preposition it takes the genitive shape; Arabic keeps it definite where English renders it bare.

From Intercession on Judgment Day

وَأَدْبَرَ عَنْ الْخَيْرِ ،

And he turned away from the goodness.

الْخَيْرِ the goodness

This noun carries 'al-' (the) and takes the 'of...' (genitive) ending because the preposition 'an' governs it. Standing as the point of departure for the turning-away, it names what the man has put behind him, made specific and definite by its 'al-'.

From Sincerity in Prophetic Knowledge

فَظَفَرَ الصَّابِرُونَ بِهَذِهِ الْمَعِيَّةِ بِخَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

Thus the patient ones prevailed by this companionship with the good of this world and the Hereafter.

بخير with the good

The bi- prefix again marks accompaniment/attainment ('with'), leading the first half of an 'of' pairing ('the good of...'). Because it heads that chain the noun stays bare of its own 'the' and hands definiteness to the owner that follows.

From Patience and God's Help

وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدْرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ

And believe in the divine decree, its good and its evil.

خَيْرِهِ its good

A noun 'its good' with 'its' attached, in apposition to 'the decree' and itself the head of a pair. The suffix points back to the decree, and it is governed in the genitive, detailing one side of what is believed.

From Faith and Worship

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