Arabic vocabulary

مَتَاعenjoyment in Arabic

مَتَاع is how you say “enjoyment” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

قل متاع الدنيا قليل والآخرة خير لمن اتقى
Say: The enjoyment of this world is little, and the hereafter is better for those who fear Allah.
مَتَاعُ — the enjoyment. This noun ('enjoyment / fleeting goods') heads a possessive — 'the enjoyment OF this world'. It is the nominative subject of a verbless sentence. As construct head it drops its own 'the' and leans on the owner to come.
From: Intention in Islam →
ذَلِكَ مَتَاعُ الحَياةِ الدُّنِيا
That is the enjoyment of worldly life.
مَتَاعُ — is the enjoyment. This noun is the predicate of the summing-up sentence, identifying what 'that' is, and it heads a possessive pairing, 'the enjoyment of...'. Being the front of that pairing, it stays bare of 'the' and draws its definiteness from the owner named next.
From: Preferring the Hereafter →

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