Grammar
Part of SpeechAdverb of Place/Time (Ẓarf)
Root (Arabic)
Root Transliteration
Tajweed & Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling‘In-da
Common MistakeReplacing the throat letter ‘Ayn (ع) with a soft Hamzah (إِنْ), or pronouncing the Nūn Sākinah (نْ) with a heavy nasalization instead of light Ikhfā.
Learning Notes
Micro TafsirIn Quranic usage, *‘Inda* frequently highlights divine presence, reward, or judgment—such as things held 'with Allah' (*‘Inda Allāh*) being everlasting, or martyrs being alive 'with their Lord' (*‘Inda rabbihim*).
Memory HookConnect it to *‘Indī* ('I have' / 'with me') or the phrase *‘Inda Allāh* ('in the sight of Allah').
Contextual Verse
An-Nahl (16:96)
مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Whatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.