هذا ضمن الخطة.

This is included in the plan.

Breakdown of هذا ضمن الخطة.

• هذا: this
• خطة: plan
• ضمن: within

Questions & Answers about هذا ضمن الخطة.

Why is there no word for is in هذا ضمن الخطة?

Because Arabic often uses nominal sentences in the present tense, with no written or spoken verb equivalent to English is / are.

So:

• هذا = this
• ضمن الخطة = within the plan / part of the plan

Together, the sentence means This is within the plan or This is part of the plan, even though Arabic does not say is explicitly here.

If you wanted a past-tense version, Arabic would usually add a verb, for example:

• كان هذا ضمن الخطة = This was part of the plan

What does ضمن mean here?

Here ضمن means within, inside, or more naturally in many contexts, as part of.

In this sentence, it often has the sense of:

• within the plan
• included in the plan
• part of the plan

So ضمن is very useful when you want to say that something falls inside the limits of a plan, category, system, or arrangement.

Examples:

• ضمن القانون = within the law / under the law
• ضمن الاتفاق = within the agreement / covered by the agreement