Arabic vocabulary
How to say “cover” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وحين تزلُّ قدمُك فتقول أستغفرُ الله، فالمعنى أطلبُ سترَ الذنب ومحوَ أثره، وأتبعه بإصلاحٍ عمليٍّ يُثبتُ صدق الطلب
And when your foot slips and you say, 'I seek forgiveness from Allah,' the meaning is: I ask for the covering of the sin and the erasure of its effect, and follow it with practical correction proving the sincerity of the request.
سَتْرَ — the covering. 'the covering of', accusative as the object of 'I seek', and head of an 'of' pairing with 'the sin' — 'the concealing OF the sin'.
From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →OpenArabic teaches words like ستر through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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