مَعَهُمْwith them in Arabic

Example sentences

• قَالَ لَا، مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَجُوزَ مَعَهُمْ إِلَّا قَرِيبًا

  He said, "No; I do not intend to go with them except nearby."

  مَعَهُمْ — with them. A space-word 'with' fused with attached -hum 'them', pulled into the 'of' (genitive) shape. It marks the company he might travel in.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَاعْبُدِ اللَّهَ مَعَهُمْ،

  So worship Allah with them.

  مَعَهُمْ — with them. This noun means 'with' (in company) and ends in the attached '-hum' (them), a plural possessor pronoun, giving 'with them'. The '-hum' points back to the worshippers just described, so the suffix ties the man's instructed worship to that particular community.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →

• وَاِجْعَلْنِي رَفِيقًا لَهُمْ وَمَعَهُمْ

  Make me a companion to them and let me be with them.

  وَمَعَهُمْ — and with them. The wa- joins a parallel phrase, and it is prefixed to the word 'with', which is fused with -hum ('them'): 'and with them'. The 'with' word governs the attached pronoun, and the wa- pairs this phrase with 'to them' before it. So the two together ask to be both their companion and in their company.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →

• وَلَهُ مَعَهُمْ حَالَتَانِ

  And for him, with them, are two situations.

  مَعَهُمْ — with them. This is the preposition 'with/alongside' fused with the pronoun 'them', so one word means 'with them'. It sets up the accompaniment, marking the troops as the company the two situations arise in relation to.

  From: Three States of the Heart →

• فَجَعَلْتُ أَصْطَلِي مَعَهُمْ عَلَى نِيرَانِهِم

  So I began to warm myself with them on their fires.

  مَعَهُمْ — with them. This is the preposition 'with/in the company of' fused to 'them', marking the people the narrator warmed himself alongside. The preposition sets up accompaniment. The attached pronoun is why one word covers 'with them'.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →