حِينtime

Example sentences

• فَلَا تزَال الشَّجَرَة تؤتي أكلهَا كل حِين بإذن الله رَبِّهَا

  The tree continues to yield its fruit at all times by the permission of its Lord.

  حِينٍ — times. hin means 'a time, a while'; the '-in' ending — 'every time' (at all times).

  From: Knowledge, Reverence, Obedience →

• فجاءنى بعد حين فقال يا عبد الله أدّ إلى أجرى، فقلت كل ما ترى من أجرك من الإبل والبقر والغنم والرقيق

  After some time, he returned to me and said: 'O Servant of Allah, return my wages to me.' I said: 'Look at everything you see; it is all from your wages: camels, cows, sheep, and servants.'

  حِينٍ — some time. This noun is governed by the adverb 'after', so it takes the 'of' (genitive) ending; its indefinite form leaves the span vague, 'a while'. It completes the time phrase fixing when the worker came back.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →