إِلَيْكَto you

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ مَا لِي إِذَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْكَ اِمْتَلَأْتُ رُعْبًا

  He said, "What is the matter with me? When I looked at you, I was filled with terror."

  اليك — at you. A preposition 'at/toward' fused with an attached 'you', marking the one looked at. One word carries both the relation and the person addressed.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• فَقَالَ لِي اِجْلِسْ هَا هُنَا حَتَّى أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ

  He said to me, "Sit here until I return to you."

  إِلَيْكَ — to you. A preposition 'to/toward' fused with a 'you' ending, marking the listener as the one returned to. The single word covers 'to you' and aims the returning back at the addressee.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →