Arabic vocabulary
أَحْوَطcautious in Arabic
أَحْوَط is how you say “cautious” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَيَأْمُرُهُ عِنْدَ وُقُوعِ الشُّبْهَةِ بِاسْتِعْمَالِ الأَحْوَطِ فِي كَفِّ الْهَوَى
And it will instruct him, when in doubt, to use the safer option to curb desire.
الْأَحْوَطِ — the safer. The owner completing 'the use of the safer course'; genitive. Its shape is the comparative 'more cautious', and the 'the' makes it 'the safer option'.
From: The Discipline of Foresight →
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