Arabic vocabulary

مَكفِّرَاتٌexpiations in Arabic

مَكفِّرَاتٌ is how you say “expiations” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَرَمَضَانُ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ مَكَفِّرَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ إِذَا اجْتُنِبَتِ الْكَبَائِرِ
The Messenger of Allah said: The five prayers, Friday to Friday, and Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for what is between them, if the major sins are avoided.
مَكَفِّرَاتٌ — are expiations. The predicate of the long verbless sentence, an indefinite plural meaning 'are wipers-away (of sins)'. Arabic supplies no 'are'; this plural noun closes the equation begun by the listed subjects.
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