Arabic vocabulary

ابْتَدَأَbegin in Arabic

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

Example sentences

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 →

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