Arabic vocabulary
How to say “begin” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
أي فلينظر نظر الفكر والاستدلال ليعلم أن الذي ابتدأ أول خلقه من نطفة قادر على إعادته
Meaning, let him look with thought and reasoning to know that He who began his creation from a sperm-drop is able to resurrect him.
ابْتَدَأَ — he began. A past verb meaning 'began', with a built-in 'he' subject pointing to God via the relative word; it states what He did at the creation's start. The subject rides inside the verb.
From: Creation Points to Resurrection →OpenArabic teaches words like ابْتَدَأَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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