Arabic vocabulary
إِلَٰهِيةِ is how you say “divinity” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وجماع ذَلِك أَنه سُبْحَانَهُ يتعرف إِلَى العَبْد بِصِفَات إلهيته تارة وبصفات ربوبيته تَارَة
And in summary, He, the Exalted, reveals Himself to the servant with divine attributes at one time and with lordship attributes at another…
إِلَٰهِيتِهِ — His divinity. An abstract noun 'godhood' with '-hi' (His) attached, the owner completing 'attributes of His divinity', genitive. The '-iyya' makes 'god' into 'godhood'.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →فَيُوجب لَهُ شُهُود صِفَات الإلهية الْمحبَّة الْخَاصَّة والشوق إِلَى لِقَائِه
Thus, witnessing divine attributes obliges him to have special love and longing to meet Him…
الْإِلَٰهِيةِ — divine. An abstract noun 'the godhood', the owner completing 'attributes of the divinity', genitive, definite. The qualities of God-ness that are beheld.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →OpenArabic teaches words like إِلَٰهِيةِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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