بِالْكَلِمَةِwith the word

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمْتَ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مَلَكَتْكَ وَلَمْ تَمْلِكْهَا

  For indeed, when you speak a word, it possesses you and you do not possess it.

  بِالْكَلِمَةِ — with the word. The preposition 'with/by-means-of' is fused to a noun that already wears 'the'. The preposition pulls that noun into its object case, marking it as the instrument of the speaking: the word that you speak with.

  From: Silence and Supplication →