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What is the difference between using "لدى البيت" (at the house) and "في البيت" (in the house)?

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"Ladā" (لدى) and "fī" (في) are both adverbs of place. "Ladā" means "near" or "at" and indicates proximity or being alongside, as in the Almighty's saying: (And they both found her master at the door) [Quran 12:25]. As for "fī," it indicates temporal and spatial adverbs of place, as in the Almighty's saying: (Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and springs) [Quran 15:45] and (in the nearest land) [Quran 30:3]. The difference between them is that "fī" indicates the inclusion of the contained within the container, whereas "ladā" indicates being alongside it.

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