Arabic vocabulary
How to say “be content” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فصل إِذا اسْتغنى النَّاس بالدنيا فاستغن أَنْت بِاللَّه
If people become content with the world, be content with God.
اسْتَغْنَى — become content. A Form X verb, the 'ista-' shape giving 'to find oneself rich, to do without need'. Its subject comes after it, as Arabic prefers, and the weak final root-letter shows as the long ending.
From: Contentment with What God Wills →OpenArabic teaches words like اسْتَغْنَى through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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