Arabic vocabulary
How to say “claim” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وإن زعم أنه يريد التوفيق بيد الأدلة الشرعية
Even if he claims he wants to reconcile with the religious evidence.
زَعَمَ — he claims. Past 'claimed, alleged', subject 'he' inside — 'za'ama' carries a hint that the claim is hollow.
From: Judging by Revelation →فمن زعم أنه قول البشر فقد كفر وسيصليه الله سقر
So whoever claims that it is the speech of a human has disbelieved, and Allah will punish him in Hell.
زَعَمَ — claims. Past-tense 'he claimed/alleged'. In an Arabic condition this past form covers a general 'anyone who claims', not just a finished past act. The 'he' subject is built in.
From: God's Eternal Word →فمن زعم ذلك لم يقدر رب العالمين قدره ونسبه إلا مالا يليق به تعالى
Whoever claims that has not given the Lord of the worlds His due esteem and has attributed to Him what is not befitting.
زَعَمَ — claims. A past-tense verb meaning he claimed, with the doer 'he' built into the form, here understood as the 'whoever' just introduced. The bare past shape with no prefix marks completed action and serves as the condition's verb.
From: False Prophets →قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ يُعَلِّمُنِي كَلِمَاتٍ،
I said, O Messenger of God, he claims that he will teach me some words.
زَعَمَ — he claimed. A past-tense verb carrying its 'he' subject inside it, reporting that the claim was made. It introduces a reported statement, so what follows is the content of the claim rather than a separate independent sentence.
From: The Verse of the Throne →قَالَ زَعَمَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا أَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ قَاتِلِيَّ،
He said, "He claimed that Muhammad had told them that they were my killers."
زَعَمَ — he claimed. A past verb of asserting with 'he' inside — 'he claimed' — which carries a shade of doubt about the truth of what is asserted. It heads the reported claim spelled out by the 'that' clause next.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →زَعَمُوا أَنَّ عَامِرًا حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ
They claimed that Amir's deeds were nullified.
زَعَمُوا — they claimed. A past verb whose ending already names 'they' as the claimers, folding the plural subject into the word. It introduces a reported claim, so what follows is presented as their assertion rather than as fact.
From: The Martyr's Reward →OpenArabic teaches words like زَعَمَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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