Arabic vocabulary
اِسْتَحِلَّbe desecrated in Arabic
اِسْتَحِلَّ is how you say “be desecrated” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
اَلْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ الْمَلْحَمَةِ، اَلْيَوْمَ تُسْتَحَلُّ الْكَعْبَةُ
Today is the day of the great battle; today the Kaaba will be desecrated.
تُسْتَحَلُّ — will be desecrated. This is the passive form of the verb: the Kaaba undergoes the action ('is made lawful / violated') rather than doing it. Arabic marks the passive not with a helper word like 'is' but by changing the vowels inside the verb, and its feminine shape agrees with 'the Kaaba'.
From: Conquest of Mecca Account →
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