عَلَيْهِمupon them

Example sentences

• إلَّا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ السَّكِينَةُ،

  except that tranquility descends upon them,

  عَلَيْهِمُ — upon them. 'Upon them', the preposition with the plural 'them' fused on, the gathered company. Its final vowel has opened for smooth liaison into the next word; the calm settles 'on them'.

  From: Easing a Believer's Hardship →

• فقضى لهم حياة وقضى عليهم مماتا،

  So He decreed life for them and decreed death for them,

  عَلَيْهِمْ — upon them. The 'upon/against' prefix is a preposition forcing the genitive on its attached 'them', so it means 'upon them'. The switch from 'for them' to 'upon them' is pointed: life was decreed in their favor, death decreed against them, and the preposition carries that contrast.

  From: Death and Decree →

• فيقال يا محمد أدخل من أمتك من لا حساب عليهم من الباب الأيمن من أبواب الجنة وهم شركاء الناس فيما سوى ذلك من الأبواب

  It will be said: "O Muhammad, admit into Paradise from your community those who will not be held accountable, through the right-hand gate of the gates of Paradise, and they will share with the people in what is beyond that from the other gates."

  عَلَيْهِمْ — upon them. A preposition fused with '-him' for 'upon them', the '-him' pointing back to that sub-group; it completes 'no reckoning upon them'. One word for two English words, tracking the just-named people.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →