Arabic vocabulary
How to say “decree” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وَقَضَاء يَقْضِيه عَلَيْهِ ونعمة ينعم بهَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَا يَنْفَكّ من هَذِه الثَّلَاثَة
And a decree He executes upon him, and a blessing He bestows upon him, so he does not separate from these three.
وَقَضَاءٌ — and a decree. A second subject joined by 'and', still indefinite and in the '-u' ending, parallel to 'a command'. It names God's decree, the second of the three things that attend the servant.
From: Accepting God's Decree →وَالْقَضَاء نَوْعَانِ إِمَّا مصائب وَإِمَّا معائب
The decree is of two types: either calamities or faults.
وَالْقَضَاءُ — and the decree. The topic of a verbless sentence, definite and in the '-u' ending: 'the decree [is]...'. Its predicate, 'two kinds', follows with no 'is'.
From: Accepting God's Decree →وعبوديته فِي قَضَاء المصائب الصَّبْر عَلَيْهَا
And his servitude in the decree of calamities is patience upon them.
قَضَاءِ — decree. Governed by 'in' and heading an 'of' pairing, 'the decree of the afflictions'. In the genitive itself, it leans on the following noun to specify which decree.
From: Accepting God's Decree →إذا علم العبد أن كل ما يجري في الكون بقضاء الله وقدره،
When a servant knows that everything that occurs in the universe is by the decree of God and His destiny,
بِقَضَاءِ — by decree of. A noun with the prefix 'by/with' attached, naming the means, 'by the decree'. The prefix governs it into the genitive, and it heads an 'of' pairing with the divine name that follows.
From: Trusting God's Decree →ويرى أن القضاء عليه نافذ لا محالة،
and he sees that the decree upon him is inevitable,
القَضَاءَ — the decree. The topic of the reported clause, 'the decree', wearing the object ending purely because the 'that...' particle before it requires that shape on its noun. Its 'the' marks it definite.
From: Trusting God's Decree →فالعاقل من عرف أن الله حكيم في أقضيته، عادل في أحكامه،
The wise person is one who knows that God is Wise in His decrees and Just in His judgments,
أَقْضِيَتِهِ — decrees his. A noun with the owner attached as a suffix, 'His decrees', in the genitive because the preposition governs it. The suffix points back to God, naming whose decrees are meant.
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