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أَعْمَالِ deeds in Arabic

أَعْمَالِ is how you say “deeds” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَإِنْ الرَّجُلَيْنِ لَا يَسْتَوِيَانِ فِي أَعْمَالِ الْبِرِّ

And indeed, the two men are not equal in deeds of righteousness,

أَعْمَالِ deeds

This is a broken plural (its inner vowels reshape to mean 'many') and the head of an 'of' pairing ('deeds of...'); governed by 'in', it sits in the (genitive). As head it drops its own article and owns the next noun. It names the deeds that are the arena of difference.

From On Reason and Temptation

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قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْأَرْبَعَ جِهَاتٌ تَدْخُلُهَا الْمُشَارَكَةُ فِي الْأَعْمَالِ

He said: Because the four directions are where association enters into deeds.

الْأَعْمَال the deeds

A plural noun, 'deeds', made definite by al- ('the'). Governed by the preceding 'in', it takes the 'of' (genitive) ending, naming the realm where association takes hold.

From The Four Inner Guards

وفي التعبير عن الأعمال بالسر لطيفة وهو أن الأعمال نتائج السرائر الباطنة

And there is a subtle point in describing deeds as secret: deeds are the results of inward states.

الأَعْمَالِ the deeds

A definite plural noun governed by the preceding 'about', and so in the genitive. The broken-plural shape, formed by reshaping the inner vowels rather than adding an ending, names the whole class of deeds that the describing concerns.

From Creation Points to Resurrection

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