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بدأ begin in Arabic

بدأ is how you say “begin” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

The English is machine-translated.

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More example sentences

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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