Arabic vocabulary

مُشْتَبِهَاتٌambiguous in Arabic

مُشْتَبِهَاتٌ is how you say “ambiguous” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَقَالَ النَّبِي الْحَلَال بَين وَالْحرَام بَين وَبَين ذَلِك امور مُشْتَبهَات لَا يعلمهُنَّ كثير من النَّاس
The Prophet said, 'The lawful is clear, and the unlawful is clear, and between them are ambiguous matters that many people do not know.'
مُشْتَبِهَاتٌ — ambiguous. This is an adjective describing the matters, agreeing with that noun in being indefinite and in its subject ending, as Arabic adjectives must match their noun. So it attaches as a quality, 'doubtful matters', mirroring the noun's form.
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