Qur'an CoreVocabulary

Prepositions of Place

Where something is — mostly in opposite pairs.

Prepositions of place

Arabic pairs most of these neatly as opposites.

FirstOpposite
above / belowفَوْقَfawqa — aboveتَحْتَtaḥta — below
before / afterقَبْلَqabla — beforeبَعْدَbaʿda — after
front / behindأَمَامَamāma — in front ofخَلْفَkhalfa — behind

وَرَآءَ (warāʾa) is a second, more literary word for "behind / beyond" alongside خَلْفَ.

The rest

These have no natural opposite.

بَيْنَbaynabetween / among
عِندَʿindaat / near / with
حَوْلَḥawlaaround
جَانِبjānibside / beside
دُونَdūnabesides / other than / short of

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