Arabic vocabulary
إِلَيْكُمْ is how you say “to you” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
فَلَا تَبْرَحُوا حَتَّى أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ فَهَزَمُوهُمْ
So do not leave until someone is sent to you; then they defeated them.
إِلَيْكُمْ — to you (plural). A preposition fused with a plural 'you' to mean 'to you (all)' in one word, the pronoun held in the genitive. It marks the addressees as the destination of the sending.
From: A Companion at Battle →وَمَسَاكِنَ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ
And homes that you all are pleased with it are dearer to you all than Allah and His Messenger.
إِلَيْكُمْ — to you all. This 'to/toward' preposition fused with -kum, 'you (plural)', marks the ones in whose eyes the comparison holds, 'dearer to you all'. The preposition assigns the experiencer role and the suffix supplies the audience in a single word.
From: Faith and Worship →OpenArabic teaches words like إِلَيْكُمْ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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