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يَدَيْنِ two hands in Arabic

يَدَيْنِ is how you say “two hands” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَيُقَالُ يَدَيْنِ اللَّهِ وَيَدَيْنِ لِلَّهِ أَيْ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ وَيُطِيعُهُ وَيَخْضَعُ لَهُ

And it is said: he submits to God; that is, he worships God, obeys Him, and submits to Him.

يَدَيْنِ he submits

A verb from the submission root meaning 'he submits/obeys', illustrating the root's use with God. It carries its own 'he' subject, and the divine name after it is the one submitted to.

From Faith and Worship

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More example sentences

وَيُقَالُ يَدَيْنِ اللَّهِ وَيَدَيْنِ لِلَّهِ أَيْ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ وَيُطِيعُهُ وَيَخْضَعُ لَهُ

And it is said: he submits to God; that is, he worships God, obeys Him, and submits to Him.

وَيَدَيْنِ and he submits

The connecting 'and' fused to a verb 'submits' of the same root, a parallel illustration with a preposition. The 'and' coordinates it with the previous example, and it carries its own 'he' subject.

From Faith and Worship

اِحْفَظْ مَعْرِفَتَكِ لِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْكِ

Keep your knowledge of me close at hand.

يَديك your two hands

This is the dual, Arabic's dedicated 'exactly two' form, here 'two hands', with a 'your' fused on the end. Where English would add the word 'two', Arabic folds 'two' into the ending of the noun. The whole 'between your two hands' is an idiom for 'right in front of you'.

From The Four Inner Guards

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