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عَلَيَّ upon me in Arabic

عَلَيَّ is how you say “upon me” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فهو علي ضامن أن أدخله الجنة،

I am responsible for admitting him to Paradise,

عَلَيَّ I am responsible

This is the preposition 'upon' fused with 'me', 'upon Me', spoken in God's voice, placing the guarantee as a duty God takes on. The preposition governs the attached first-person pronoun; 'upon Me' marks where the obligation rests.

From Paradise for Those Who Strive

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وَأَمّا الَّتِي بيني وَبَيْنك فمنك الدُّعَاء وعَلى الاجابة

And as for the one that is between Me and you, it is from you supplication, and upon Me is the response.

وَعَلَيَّ and upon Me

This word fuses 'and' with the 'upon/on' preposition and the attached 'me', which the preposition holds in its genitive form. It lays the matching duty on God, 'and upon Me', balancing the servant's supplication with God's response.

From Worship and Repentance

إِنْ كُنْتَ رَأَيْتَ رُؤْيًا فَاقْصِصْهَا عَلَيَّ

If you saw a dream, relate it to me.

عَلَيَّ to me

A preposition meaning 'upon' that here, with a verb of relating, marks the listener as the one the dream is to be told to. It carries '-ya' (me), so one word means 'to me', naming the recipient of the requested telling.

From A Night of Reckoning

قُلْتُ الآنَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْجَمَلَ،

I said, 'Now he returns the camel to me.'

عَلَيَّ to me

This is the preposition 'to/upon' with an attached 'me', marking the speaker as the one the camel would be returned to. The attached pronoun is in the genitive form a preposition takes, so it means 'to me'.

From Marriage and Financial Justice

فَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ ذَلِكَ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَيَّ قِبَلَ أَنْ أَخْلُقَ؟

So did you find that written about me before I was created?

عَليّ about me

This preposition fused with a first-person suffix marks the one concerned, idiomatically 'against/about me'. The preposition assigns the role and the suffix supplies the speaker, Adam, framing the writing as concerning him.

From Patience Under Decree

قُلْتَ لِي يَا أَحْمَقُ وَلَوْ قُلْتَ لِي يَا أَرْعَنُ كَانَ أَسْهَلُ عَلَيَّ

You said to me, "You fool." If you had said to me, "You oaf," it would have been easier for me.

عَلَيَّ for me

A preposition meaning 'upon/for' fused with an attached 'me', so it marks the speaker as the one for whom things would be easier, in one word. It anchors the comparison to the speaker. The 'for' and 'me' travel together.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

يَغْدُو عَلَيَّ الْخُبْزُ مِنْ خَابِزٍ لَا يَقْبَلُ الرَهْنَ وَلَا يَنْسَى،

Bread comes to me in the morning from a baker who neither accepts pledges nor overlooks debts.

عَلَيَّ to me

One unit fusing a preposition 'to / upon' onto -ya 'me'. It marks the speaker as the one the bread comes to, packing 'to' and 'me' into a single word and assigning the destination role.

From Permissible Laughter and Conduct

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