Arabic vocabulary
How to say “deity” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
والأفضلُ أن تجمعَ اللفظَ والحضور تردِّد لا إلهَ إلا الله وأنت تفكّ قيودَ قلبِك من كلِّ معبودٍ باطلٍ صورة، مال، هوى
And it is better to combine the utterance and presence: you repeat 'None is worthy of worship except Allah' while freeing your heart from all false gods: images, wealth, desires.
مَعْبُودٍ — worshipped. 'a worshipped thing', a passive participle ('one that is worshipped'), genitive partner of 'kull'. Being passive, it names anything set up as an object of worship.
From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →OpenArabic teaches words like معبود through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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