دُّنْيَاthis world

Example sentences

• نَحْنُ أَوْلِيَاءُكُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ

  We are your protectors in this worldly life and in the Hereafter.

  الدُّنْيَا — this world. This definite noun describes the 'life' just before it, narrowing it to the present, worldly one. It agrees with that noun in definiteness and case, so the two read together as a single 'this worldly life' unit set against the Hereafter.

  From: Three States of the Heart →

• وَاشْتَرَوْا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ

  And they exchanged the life of this world for the Hereafter.

  الدُّنْيَا — of this world. This definite noun describes 'the life' before it, narrowing it to the present, worldly one. It agrees with that noun in definiteness and case, so the two read as a single 'this worldly life' unit that was bought.

  From: Three States of the Heart →