Arabic vocabulary
مَحْبُوبbeloved
How to say “beloved” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
لأَنَّ النَّفْسَ مَحْبُوبَةٌ
Because the self is beloved.
مَحْبُوبَةٌ — beloved. mahbuba means 'beloved, loved'; the '-un' ending — the predicate ('is beloved').
From: Resisting Temptation →وَمَا تَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ مَحْبُوبٌ
And what it calls to is beloved.
مَحْبُوبٌ — beloved. mahbub means 'beloved'; the '-un' ending — the predicate ('is beloved').
From: Resisting Temptation →وَمُوَافَقَةُ الْمَحْبُوبِ فِي الْمَكْرُوهِ مَحْبُوبَةٌ فَكَيْفَ إِذا دَعَا إِلَى مَحْبُوب
And agreeing with the beloved even in what is disliked is beloved, so how much more when it calls to something beloved?
الْمَحْبُوبِ — the beloved. al- = 'the'; mahbub means 'the beloved one' — the 'of…' word: 'with the beloved'.
From: Resisting Temptation →وَمُوَافَقَةُ الْمَحْبُوبِ فِي الْمَكْرُوهِ مَحْبُوبَةٌ فَكَيْفَ إِذا دَعَا إِلَى مَحْبُوب
And agreeing with the beloved even in what is disliked is beloved, so how much more when it calls to something beloved?
مَحْبُوبَةٌ — is beloved. mahbuba means 'beloved'; the '-un' ending — the predicate ('is itself beloved').
From: Resisting Temptation →وَمُوَافَقَةُ الْمَحْبُوبِ فِي الْمَكْرُوهِ مَحْبُوبَةٌ فَكَيْفَ إِذا دَعَا إِلَى مَحْبُوب
And agreeing with the beloved even in what is disliked is beloved, so how much more when it calls to something beloved?
مَحْبُوبٍ — something beloved. mahbub means 'beloved'; the '-in' ending — 'to something beloved'.
From: Resisting Temptation →وَخُولِفَ الْمَحْبُوبُ فِيمَا يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَحْبُوبِ
And the beloved is opposed in what it calls to of beloved things,
الْمَحْبُوبُ — the beloved. al- = 'the'; mahbub means 'the beloved one'; the '-u' ending marks it as the subject.
From: Resisting Temptation →وَخُولِفَ الْمَحْبُوبُ فِيمَا يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَحْبُوبِ
And the beloved is opposed in what it calls to of beloved things,
الْمَحْبُوبِ — the beloved. al- = 'the'; mahbub means 'the beloved' — the noun after 'min' ('of beloved things').
From: Resisting Temptation →
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