لَهto him

Example sentences

• ظهر له أن هذا القرآن من عند الله

  It became clear to him that this Qur'an is from Allah.

  لَهُ — to him. A 'to/for' prefix fused to a 'him' ending, 'to him', marking the person to whom the matter became clear. The suffix is the recipient; Arabic attaches it directly to the preposition.

  From: Proof in All Creation →

• قَالَ تَعَالَى وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا

  He (Allah) said: 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide in it, and Allah's wrath is upon him, and He has cursed him and prepared for him a great punishment.'

  لَهُ — for him. The preposition li- 'for' with 'him' attached, marking the killer as the one the punishment is readied for - 'prepared for him'. The suffix points back to him as the unfortunate beneficiary. One word fuses the 'for' relation with its object pronoun.

  From: The Gravity of Murder →