Arabic vocabulary
جَهِلَ is how you say “be ignorant” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وأبعدهم مِنْهُ من جهل عبوديته فِي هَذِه الْمَرَاتِب فعطلها علما وَعَملا
And the furthest from Him are those who are ignorant of their servitude in these ranks and neglect it in knowledge and action.
جَهِلَ — he was ignorant of. A past verb, 'was ignorant of', subject 'he' inside, the exact opposite of the 'knew' that defined the beloved servant. It takes its object directly, the servanthood he failed to recognize.
From: Accepting God's Decree →OpenArabic teaches words like جَهِلَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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