أنهمthey

Example sentences

• قال يقولون لو أنهم رأوها كانوا أشد عليها حرصًا، وأشد لها طلبًا، وأعظم فيها رغبة

  He said: They say: If they had seen it, they would be more eager for it, more earnest in seeking it, and greater in their desire for it.

  أَنَّهُمْ — they. This is the 'that' of the 'inna' family with attached 'they' — Arabic often follows the counterfactual 'if' with this 'that', forming 'if [it were] that they...'. It grips its subject pronoun 'they' in the accusative.

  From: Where Angels Gather →