Arabic vocabulary

عليهِupon him

How to say “upon him” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.

Example sentences

انطلق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأصحابه حتى سبقوا المشركين إلى بدر وجاء المشركون،
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and his companions set out until they reached Badr before the polytheists, and the polytheists came.
عليهِ — upon him. This is the preposition 'upon' fused with 'him', part of the standard blessing, pointing it toward the Prophet. The preposition governs the attached pronoun; the pair belongs to the frozen formula.
From: A Handful of Dates and Paradise →
فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يقدمن أحد منكم إلى شيء حتى أكون أنا دونه
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'None of you should advance towards anything until I am ahead of him.'
عليهِ — upon him. This is 'upon' fused with 'him', part of the standard blessing pointing it toward the Prophet; the preposition governs the attached pronoun within the frozen formula.
From: A Handful of Dates and Paradise →

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