Arabic vocabulary

بدأbegin in Arabic

بدأ is how you say “begin” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

حين تقول بِسمِ الله، فالمعنى أبدأ عملي مُستعينًا بالله، وأجعل نتيجته لوجهه
When you say, 'In the name of Allah,' the meaning is: I begin my work seeking assistance from Allah, and I dedicate its outcome for His sake.
أَبْدَأُ — I begin. 'I begin', present with 'I' built in, opening the first-person paraphrase. It sets up its object 'my work'.
From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →
هكذا تصيرُ العاداتُ عبادات لقمةٌ تبدأُ بـبِسمِ الله فتُرزَق بركتها،
This is how habits become acts of worship: a morsel begins with 'In the name of Allah' and is blessed with its barakah,
تَبْدَأُ — it begins. Present 'begins', subject 'it' inside, describing the morsel. Here intransitive — the eating itself 'starts with...'.
From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

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