Arabic vocabulary
بُعْدٌ is how you say “distance” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
والبعد مِنْهُ لَيْسَ فِي أعدائك أضرّ عَلَيْك مِنْك
And being far from Him — among your enemies, none is more harmful to you than yourself.
وَالْبُعْدُ — and the distance. 'And' plus a verbal noun 'remoteness / being far', the topic, nominative, definite — distance from God. The 'al-' marks the concept.
From: Love and Devotion to God →وَلَا تَكِلنِي على بعد الديار إِلَى صبري الضَّعِيف فصبري أَنْت تعلمه
Do not leave me to my weak patience across the distance of lands.
بُعْدِ — distance. 'Remoteness', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the distance of the lands' — genitive after 'across'. It owns the noun that follows.
From: Stages of the Seeker →OpenArabic teaches words like بُعْدٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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