Arabic vocabulary

آلِfamily in Arabic

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

Example sentences

فَوَجَدْنَا الْعُلَمَاءَ رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهَا، فَقِيلَ هِيَ سَبْعٌ وَاحْتَجُّوا بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ
We found the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed regarding them. It was said they are seven, citing the Prophet's saying: 'Avoid the seven destructive sins'.
آلِهِ — his family. A noun, 'family', with a possessor on its end pointing back to the Prophet, so one word means 'his family'. It is in the (genitive) form because the 'upon' before it governs it, naming the further recipients of the blessing.
From: What Small Worship Erases →

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