Arabic vocabulary
جَمَالِ is how you say “beauty” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَتارَة يتجلى فِي صِفَات الْجمال والكمال وَهُوَ كَمَال الْأَسْمَاء وجمال الصِّفَات وجمال الْأَفْعَال الدَّال على كَمَال الذَّات
And at times He manifests in attributes of beauty and perfection, which are the perfection of names, beauty of attributes, and beauty of actions indicating the perfection of the essence.
الْجَمَالِ — beauty. The owner completing 'attributes of beauty', genitive, definite. Beauty as the quality on display.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →فيستنفد حبه من قلب العَبْد قُوَّة الْحبّ كلهَا بحب مَا عرفه من صِفَات جماله ونعوت كَمَاله فَيُصْبِح فؤاد عَبده فَارغًا إِلَّا من محبته،
So His love consumes all the strength of love in the heart of the servant due to the love of what he knows of His beauty and the descriptions of His perfection. Thus, the servant's heart becomes empty except for His love.
جَمَالِهِ — His beauty. 'Beauty' with '-hi' (His) attached, the owner completing 'attributes of His beauty', genitive. God's beauty, whose attributes he has come to know.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →OpenArabic teaches words like جَمَالِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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