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ب with in Arabic

ب is how you say “with” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

هكذا تصيرُ العاداتُ عبادات لقمةٌ تبدأُ بـبِسمِ الله فتُرزَق بركتها،

This is how habits become acts of worship: a morsel begins with 'In the name of Allah' and is blessed with its barakah,

بِـ with

The bare 'bi' equals 'with', written here as a standalone fragment before the quoted phrase. It marks what the eating begins with.

From Turning Daily Words into Worship

The English is machine-translated.

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More example sentences

فاجعل لنفسك من الفكر مرآة ترى بها ما وراء الحوادث،

So make for yourself a mirror of thought through which you see what lies beyond events,

بِهَا with it

The preposition 'with' fused to the pronoun 'it', 'with it', meaning by means of the mirror. The pronoun rides on the preposition and points back to the mirror as the instrument of seeing.

From Think Before You Act

فأخذ جحا الدواء وذهب به إلى الحمار ووضعه في عينه،

Joha took the medicine and went to the donkey and put it in its eye,

به with it

A preposition 'with' carrying the pronoun 'it' attached, here meaning 'took it along'. Arabic often says 'go with' a thing to mean carry it; the suffix points back to the medicine.

From Reflections on Literal Obedience

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