Arabic vocabulary
How to say “alone” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وَيصير هُوَ وَحدهُ هَمَّهُ دُونَ مَا سِوَاهُ
And He alone becomes his concern, to the exclusion of all else.
وَحْدَهُ — alone. An emphasizing accusative 'by Himself alone', with '-hu' (Him) attached — 'He, He alone'. The accusative is a fixed adverbial: exclusively He.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قُولِي لَهُ يَدْخُلْ وَحْدَهُ
So Muhammad ibn Sulayman said, "Tell him to enter alone."
وَحْدَهُ — alone. A state-describing word, 'by himself', carrying an attached 'him' suffix that ties the aloneness to the one entering. The suffix anchors the description to its referent.
From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →فَلَا تَكُونُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ وَحْدَهُ
So it is only for God alone.
وَحْدَهُ — alone. This joins the linking wa- to an emphasizing noun, 'alone', carrying a tail -hu that points back to God. The suffix anchors the emphasis to Him specifically, reinforcing exclusivity, so the phrase seals the claim that worship is for God by Himself.
From: Faith and Worship →OpenArabic teaches words like وَحْدَهُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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