Arabic vocabulary

قَيْدٌchain in Arabic

قَيْدٌ is how you say “chain” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

والأفضلُ أن تجمعَ اللفظَ والحضور تردِّد لا إلهَ إلا الله وأنت تفكّ قيودَ قلبِك من كلِّ معبودٍ باطلٍ صورة، مال، هوى
And it is better to combine the utterance and presence: you repeat 'None is worthy of worship except Allah' while freeing your heart from all false gods: images, wealth, desires.
قُيُودَ — chains. 'the shackles of', accusative as the object of 'undo', and head of an 'of' pairing with 'your heart' — 'the chains OF your heart'. A metaphor built as a possessive.
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