Arabic vocabulary
How to say “for their desires” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
خَالَفُوا فِيهِ الرُّسُلَ وَالْعُقُولَ اِتِّبَاعًا لِأَهْوَائِهِمْ
They opposed the messengers and sound reason in that, following their desires.
لِأَهْوَائِهِمْ — for their desires. A preposition 'for/of' fused to a plural noun carrying a 'their' pronoun, 'their desires', completing 'following of their desires'. The attached pronoun marks whose desires. It names what their following was directed at.
From: Finding the Prophet's Way →OpenArabic teaches words like لِأَهْوَائِهِمْ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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