Arabic vocabulary
How to say “benevolent” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
ونكتة الْمَسْأَلَة أَنَّهُ لَا يرى ربه إِلَّا محسنا، وَلَا يرى نَفسه إِلَّا مسيئا
And the essence of the matter is that he sees his Lord as nothing but good, and himself as nothing but wrong.
مُحْسِنًا — benevolent. muhsin means 'doing good, gracious'; the '-an' ending marks the state described ('sees Him only as doing good').
From: Returning to God →لَيْسَ الْعجب من فَقير مِسْكين يحب محسنا إِلَيْهِ
It is not astonishing from a poor, needy person to love one who is kind to him.
مُحْسِنًا — one who is kind. An active participle 'a benefactor / one who does good', the object of 'loves', accusative ('-an' tanwin), indefinite. The kind one he loves.
From: The Path to God's Love →إِنَّمَا الْعجب من محسن يحب فَقِيرا مِسْكينا
The true wonder is that a kind one loves a poor, needy person.
مُحْسِنٍ — a kind one. An active participle 'a benefactor', genitive after 'from' (the tanwin), indefinite. The generous one.
From: The Path to God's Love →OpenArabic teaches words like مُحْسِن through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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