آيَاتٍverses in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ أَتَوْا بِآيَاتٍ مُتَشَابِهَاتٍ،

  And they recited similar verses,

  بِآيَاتٍ — with verses. The preposition bi- ('with') fused to a plural noun 'verses'. With the 'came' verb, this bi- forms the set idiom 'came with = brought', so the prepositional phrase is really the thing produced. The preposition governs the noun in the genitive.

  From: Public Preaching →

• وَآيَاتٍ بَيِّناتٍ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ،

  And clear verses from the Reminder,

  وَآيَاتٍ — and verses. The wa- on the front is the linking 'and' joining this phrase to the previous line. The noun it rides on is plural and indefinite (it carries the -in tanwin, not al-), so it introduces 'some verses' as a fresh, unspecified item rather than a known one.

  From: Public Preaching →