وَادِيِthe valley

Example sentences

• قَالَ لِأَخِيهِ اِرْكَبْ إِلَى هَذَا الْوَادِيِ،

  He said to his brother, "Ride to this valley."

  الْوَادِيِ — the valley. Carries the attached 'the', marking a specific valley, and its ending is the case the preceding motion preposition forces on it. It is the goal the command points toward.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →

• وَأَنْتَ سَيِّدُ أَهْلِ الْوَادِيِ تَخَلَّفُوا مَعَكَ،

  And you are the leader of the people of the valley; they lagged behind with you.

  الْوَادِيِ — the valley. The al- makes it definite — *the* valley — and it closes the 'people of...' pairing in the 'of' (genitive) shape. Together they identify the community led.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →