A verbal sentence may contain a prepositional phrase that completes a relation such as place, direction, source, or instrument. With an intransitive verb it normally follows the subject; with a transitive verb it normally follows the object.
Sentence
Idiomatic meaning
Relation
جَلَسَ زَيْدٌ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيِّ
Zayd sat on the chair
عَلَى
دَخَلَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فِي الْبَيْتِ
Fatimah entered the house
فِي
ذَهَبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ
Ibrahim went from the mosque to the house
مِنْ ... إِلَى
ضَرَبَ أُسَامَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالسَّوْطِ
Usama hit Ibrahim with the whip
بِـ