Arabic vocabulary

اجْتُنِبَavoid in Arabic

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

Example sentences

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَرَمَضَانُ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ مَكَفِّرَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ إِذَا اجْتُنِبَتِ الْكَبَائِرِ
The Messenger of Allah said: The five prayers, Friday to Friday, and Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for what is between them, if the major sins are avoided.
اجْتُنِبَتِ — are avoided. A passive verb: its inner vowels are reshaped so the sins are what get avoided, with no named avoider. Arabic marks the passive through the vowel pattern, not a helper word, and its feminine ending agrees with the plural that follows.
From: What Small Worship Erases →

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