Arabic vocabulary
How to say “to them” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وسوق أَرْزَاقهم إِلَيْهِم
And bringing their provisions to them.
إِلَيْهِمْ — to them. 'Ila (to / towards) fused with '-hum' (them) — the direction the provisions are driven. One word carries destination plus pronoun.
From: Humility Before the Divine →وَلَا عَلَى أَحَدٍ، إِذَا أَتَتْهُ صَدَقَةٌ بَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِمْ،
And no one is required, when a charitable gift comes to him, to send it to them.
إِلَيْهِمْ — to them. The preposition 'to/toward' fused with 'them', one word for 'to them', marking the recipients the gift is sent to. The plural 'them' is the People of the Suffah. The pronoun rides on the preposition.
From: Generosity to the Poor →فَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِمْ
Then Abdullah went out to them.
إِلَيْهِمْ — to them. A preposition 'to/toward' with an attached 'them' that is plural, marking the group he went out to. The single word fixes the destination of the motion as those people.
From: What Was Created First →وَإِذَا صَاحُوا بِكَ فِي طَرِيقِ سَيْرِكَ فَلَا تَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِمْ،
And if they call out to you in the road of your walking, then do not turn to them.
إِلَيْهِمْ — to them. A preposition 'to/toward' fused with -hum ('them'), naming who not to turn to. It hangs off the prohibited verb 'turn', completing 'do not turn to them'. One Arabic word carries the English 'to them'.
From: Choosing Good Companions →فَإِنَّكَ مَتَى إِلْتَفَتَّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَخَذُوْكَ وَعَاقُوْكَ
For whenever you turn to them, they seize you and hold you back.
إِلَيْهِمْ — to them. A preposition 'to/toward' fused with -hum ('them'), the target of the turning. It completes the condition's verb, giving 'whenever you turn to them'. One Arabic word carries 'to them'.
From: Choosing Good Companions →OpenArabic teaches words like إِلَيْهِمْ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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