Arabic vocabulary
How to say “for forgiveness” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فَأَوْلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ لِمَغْفِرَةِ اللَّهِ سُلْطَانٌ فِي تَطْهِيرِ الْعَبْدِ مِنَ الْخَطِيئَةِ
It is more fitting that God's forgiveness have the power to cleanse the servant of sin.
لِمَغْفِرَةِ — for forgiveness. The preposition 'li-' ('for / to') fused onto the noun 'forgiveness', giving 'for forgiveness'. In the 'there be to forgiveness...' possession-frame, it marks God's forgiveness as the would-be holder of the cleansing power.
From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →OpenArabic teaches words like لِمَغْفِرَةِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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