Arabic vocabulary
سُورَةِchapter/surah
How to say “chapter/surah” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
كما أقسم في أول السورة على حال الانسان في مبدئه ومعاده
As He swore at the beginning of the surah about the state of man at the beginning and end.
السُّورَةِ — of the surah. The chapter named with al- (the), the owning second noun of the pairing 'beginning of the chapter', hence its genitive ending. Owning the beginning makes the whole phrase definite though the first noun shows no article.
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