Arabic vocabulary
How to say “upon” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وقد قال عليه الصلاة والسلام نعمتان مغبون فيهما كثير من الناس الصحة والفراغ
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Two blessings which many people are deceived about are health and free time.
عَلَيْهِ — upon him. A preposition meaning 'upon' fused to a 'him' pronoun, 'upon him', part of the fixed blessing said of the Prophet. It opens the honorific formula.
From: Health as a Blessing →وقال عليه الصلاة والسلام إن لله عبادا يضن بهم عن القتل والسقم،
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, God has servants who He spares from killing and illness.
عَلَيْهِ — upon him. A preposition meaning 'upon' fused to a 'him' pronoun, 'upon him', part of the fixed blessing said of the Prophet. It opens the honorific formula.
From: Health as a Blessing →فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ورسول الله يحب معك العافية
So the Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: And the Messenger of God loves well-being with you.
عَلَيْهِ — upon him. This is the preposition 'upon' joined with 'him', the target of the blessing. The attached pronoun refers back to the Prophet, and the preposition puts that pronoun in its object form; it is part of the set honorific phrase.
From: Health as a Blessing →قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من أصبح معافى في بدنه، آمنا في سربه عنده قوت يومه، فكأنما حيزت له الدنيا
The Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: Whoever wakes up healthy in his body, secure in his dwelling, having his day's provision, it is as if the world was gathered for him.
عَلَيْهِ — upon him. The preposition 'upon' joined with 'him', whose pronoun points back to the Prophet. The preposition sets the pronoun in its object form; the whole piece is part of the recited honorific.
From: Health as a Blessing →OpenArabic teaches words like عَلَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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