Arabic vocabulary
شَافِعِيٌّ is how you say “al‑Shāfiʿī” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وقال الربيع رحمه الله تعالى قال لي الشافعي يا ربيع
And al‑Rabīʿ, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 'Al‑Shāfiʿī said to me, "O Rabīʿ..."'
الشَّافِعِيُّ — al‑Shāfiʿī. A proper name, al-Shafi'i, the subject of the inner 'said'. The leading 'the' has merged in; it names the speaker of the embedded quote.
From: The Pilgrim's Conduct →OpenArabic teaches words like شَافِعِيٌّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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