Arabic vocabulary
How to say “death” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وكذلك من أوجب أن يدعو بعد التشهد بالدعاء المأمور به هناك، وهو الاستعاذة من عذاب جهنم، والقبر، وفتنة المحيا والممات، والدجال،
And likewise for those who obligate supplication after the tashahhud with the commanded supplication there, which is to seek refuge from the torment of Hell, the grave, the trials of life and death, and the Dajjal.
وَالمَمَاتِ — and death. 'and death', joined by 'wa', genitive — paired with life: 'the trial of life and death'.
From: Required Remembrance →وهو الاستعاذة من عذاب جهنم، والقبر، وفتنة المحيا والممات، والدجال،
And it is seeking refuge from the torment of Hell, the grave, the trials of life and death, and the Dajjal,
وَالْمَمَاتِ — and death. Paired by 'and' with 'life', the two together owned by 'trial' — the trials belonging to both living and dying. The '-i' keeps it in the genitive of the pairing.
From: Praise and Petition in Prayer →فقضى لهم حياة وقضى عليهم مماتا،
So He decreed life for them and decreed death for them,
مَمَاتًا — death. This noun is the object of the second 'decreed', shown by its accusative ending, naming death as what was ordained upon them. Its indefinite shape balances the earlier 'life', completing the paired decree of life and death.
From: Death and Decree →OpenArabic teaches words like مَمَات through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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