Arabic vocabulary
مَكْرُهٌdifficulty in Arabic
مَكْرُهٌ is how you say “difficulty” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَإِنَّ الْحَكِيمَ يُذِّلُّ نَفْسَهُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ حَتَّى تَعْتَرِفَ بِالْحَقِّ
And indeed, the wise humbles his soul with difficulties until it acknowledges the truth.
بِالْمَكَارِهِ — with difficulties. 'bi-' = 'with'; 'al-' = 'the'; 'makarih' = 'hardships', so 'with the hardships'.
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