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كِتاب book in Arabic

كِتاب is how you say “book” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قال العلماء ﵏ النصيحة لكتاب الله تعالى هي الايمان بأنه كلام الله تعالى وتنزيله

The scholars said that sincere devotion to the Book of Allah, the Exalted, is to believe that it is the word of Allah, the Exalted, and His revelation.

لِكِتابِ for the Book

The 'li-' shows what the counsel is directed toward — the Book — much as English 'devotion TO.' The noun takes the -i ending after the preposition and then itself owns the next word, 'of Allah'.

From Devotion to the Quran

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More example sentences

والتنطع في تجويدها بحيث يشغله ذلك عن تدبر معاني كتاب الله تعالى،

and such excessive articulation in its recitation distracts him from pondering the meanings of the Book of Allah, the Exalted,

كِتَابِ Book

This noun, Book-of, is the next owner in the stacked chain, genitive, itself owning the divine name that follows. It is owned by 'meanings' and owns 'Allah', continuing the layered 'of' relationship.

From When Recitation Breeds Pride

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