Arabic vocabulary

اعْتَصَمَcling in Arabic

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

Example sentences

اعْلَم يَا أخي أَن العَبْد إِذا اعْتصمَ بِحَبل السُّلْطَان الْمَخْلُوق سلم من شَرّ الظَّالِمين
Know, my brother, that if a servant clings to the rope of the created ruler, he is safe from the evil of the oppressors.
اعْتَصَمَ — clings. This past-tense verb carries its own 'he' subject inside it. Although the sentence reads as a general rule, Arabic states the condition with a completed-action verb, a normal way to express a recurring 'whenever he does X'.
From: Ten Daily Supplications →

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