Arabic vocabulary
How to say “by their afflictions” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فَإِذَا عَادَ إِلَى الشَّوَاغِلِ، اِجْتَذَبَهُ بِآفَاتِهَا،
When he returns to worldly distractions, their afflictions draw him back.
بِآفَاتِهَا — by their afflictions. This is a 'with/by-means-of' preposition fused to a plural noun carrying a 'their' owner ending: 'by their afflictions'. The suffix points back to the distractions, naming them as the means that pull him.
From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →OpenArabic teaches words like بِآفَاتِهَا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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