Arabic vocabulary
وَجَبَbecame necessary
How to say “became necessary” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ كُلَّ حَادِثَةٍ إِلَى حَاكِمِ الْعَقْلِ
He must refer every occurrence to the judge of reason.
وَجَبَ — He must. A past-tense verb meaning 'it became obligatory'. Arabic frames duty impersonally — 'it is required that...' — rather than with a modal like English 'must'.
From: The Discipline of Foresight →فمن كان خطؤه لتفريطه فيما يجب عليه من اتباع القرآن والإيمان مثلا،
Whoever errs due to negligence in following the Qur'an and faith, for example,
يَجِبُ — is required. Present 'is obligatory, binding', subject 'it' inside — 'what is required'.
From: Judging by Revelation →يجب مع الذكر عند مالك وأحمد، فإذا تركه عمداً بطلت صلاته،
It is obligatory with remembrance according to Malik and Ahmad; if he deliberately omits it, his prayer is invalidated.
يَجِبُ — is obligatory. Present 'is obligatory', subject 'it' inside — the ruling.
From: Required Remembrance →وأما الدعاء فلم يجب منه دعاء مفرد أصلاً،
As for supplication, no specific supplication is obligatory at all.
يَجِبْ — is obligatory. 'be obligatory', jussive (clipped) after 'lam' — 'has not become obligatory'; subject 'a supplication' next.
From: Required Remembrance →بل ما وجب من الفاتحة وجب بعد الثناء
However, the obligation of Al-Fatiha comes after the praise.
وَجَبَ — is obligatory. Past 'became obligatory', subject 'it' inside — closing 'what is obligatory'.
From: Required Remembrance →بل ما وجب من الفاتحة وجب بعد الثناء
However, the obligation of Al-Fatiha comes after the praise.
وَجَبَ — is obligatory. Past 'became obligatory' — repeated as the main predicate: 'what is obligatory... is obligatory [only] after...'.
From: Required Remembrance →يجب مع الذكر عند مالك وأحمد،
It is required along with remembrance according to Malik and Ahmad,
يَجِبُ — it is required. Present 'is obligatory, required', subject 'it' inside — the ruling.
From: Praise and Petition in Prayer →وأما الدعاء فلم يجب منه دعاء مفرد أصلاً،
As for supplication, no specific supplication is obligatory at all,
يَجِبْ — it is obligatory. 'be obligatory', jussive (clipped) after 'lam' — 'has not become obligatory'; subject 'a supplication' next.
From: Praise and Petition in Prayer →بل ما وجب من الفاتحة وجب بعد الثناء،
Rather, what is obligatory from the Fatiha is required after the praise,
وَجَبَ — has become obligatory. A past-tense verb carrying its own 'it' inside, so no separate pronoun is written. The root sense is that something settled as a binding duty, and the perfect tense frames it as an established fact rather than an ongoing process.
From: Praise and Petition in Prayer →بل ما وجب من الفاتحة وجب بعد الثناء،
Rather, what is obligatory from the Fatiha is required after the praise,
وَجَبَ — has become required. The same past-tense verb repeated to launch the main statement after the opening clause, its subject again folded inside and pointing back to 'what'. The repetition is the sentence's backbone: the first naming the topic, this one delivering the ruling.
From: Praise and Petition in Prayer →وكذلك التشهد الأول، يجب مع الذكر عند مالك وأحمد،
Similarly, the first Tashahhud is obligatory with remembrance according to Malik and Ahmad.
يَجِبُ — is obligatory. A present-tense verb 'is obligatory', with its third-person subject built into the form, stating the legal ruling. The plain present here expresses a standing rule rather than a one-time event, so it reads as 'it is required'.
From: Praise and Supplication in Prayer →
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