Arabic vocabulary
How to say “denied” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
الثالث أنه لم يأت لهذا المعنى في القرآن نظير في موضع واحد ولا أنكره أحد حتى يقيم سبحانه الدليل عليه
The third is that there is no counterpart to this meaning in any part of the Quran, nor has anyone denied it to necessitate that God establishes evidence for it.
أَنْكَرَهُ — has anyone denied it. This is a completed-action verb 'he denied it' carrying an attached 'it' object pointing back to the meaning. The verb holds its subject (supplied by the next word) and the object on its end, so it means 'denied it'.
From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →فَظَهَرَ أَنَّ مَنْ أَنْكَرَ كَوْنَهُ رَسُولًا نَبِيًّا فَقَدْ قَدَحَ بِاللَّهِ وَنَقَصَهُ وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى الْجَهْلِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالسَّفَهِ
It became clear that whoever denies his being a Messenger and Prophet has indeed defamed God, diminished Him, and attributed ignorance, inability, and folly to Him.
أَنْكَرَ — he denies. This is a plain past-tense verb in the pattern meaning to deny or reject, 'he denied', with its 'he' subject built in. It is the verb of the 'whoever' clause; the form itself carries the sense of refusing to acknowledge.
From: Signs of the Messenger in Medina →فمن أنكر أن يكون الله قد تكلم بالقرآن فقد أنكر حقيقة الرسالة
So whoever denies that Allah spoke the Quran has denied the essence of the message.
أَنْكَرَ — he denies. Past-tense verb 'he denies/denied'. In an Arabic condition the past form is often used for a general, timeless 'whoever does X', so although it looks past it covers anyone who denies. The 'he' subject is built in.
From: God's Eternal Word →فمن أنكر أن يكون الله قد تكلم بالقرآن فقد أنكر حقيقة الرسالة
So whoever denies that Allah spoke the Quran has denied the essence of the message.
أَنْكَرَ — he denied. Past-tense 'he denied', the consequence verb of the condition: whoever denies God's speech 'has denied' the message. The 'he' subject is internal; the past form here states the logical result.
From: God's Eternal Word →فَمَا أَنْكَرَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا،
And he did not deny any of it,
أَنْكَرَ — he denied. A completed past verb, 'he denied/objected to', governed by the negation before it; the 'he' subject is inside. It states what he did not do regarding the account.
From: Prayer During Illness →وَأَنْكَرَ الشَّيْخُ وَصِدْقِ وَبِرٍّ،
The sheikh denied it, and he was truthful and pious.
وَأَنْكَرَ — and he denied. This joins a linking 'and' to a past verb 'denied/rejected', carrying its own subject-slot for the noun named next. The 'and' chains the denial onto the narrative.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →OpenArabic teaches words like أَنْكَرَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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