Arabic vocabulary

ظُّلُمَاتِdarknesses in Arabic

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

Example sentences

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى الْبَقَرَة الله ولي الَّذين آمنُوا يخرجهم من الظُّلُمَات إِلَى النُّور
And the Exalted said (in Sūrah al‑Baqarah): “Allah is the guardian (walī) of those who have believed; He brings them out from the darknesses into the light.”
الظُّلُمَاتِ — the darknesses. Definite plural, 'the darknesses', governed by the preposition into the owned form. The plural, metaphorical here, suggests many layers of darkness; the 'the' marks the known concept.
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