Arabic vocabulary
اِتِّبَاعًا is how you say “following” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
خَالَفُوا فِيهِ الرُّسُلَ وَالْعُقُولَ اِتِّبَاعًا لِأَهْوَائِهِمْ
They opposed the messengers and sound reason in that, following their desires.
اِتِّباعًا — following. A verbal noun in the object-style ending used to express the reason or manner, 'out of following...', a 'why/how' adverbial. Arabic uses this ending to attach a cause-of-action like this. It heads the phrase explaining what drove their opposition.
From: Finding the Prophet's Way →OpenArabic teaches words like اِتِّبَاعًا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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