Arabic vocabulary
حرام is how you say “forbidden” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
كُلُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ حَرَامٌ دَمُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعِرْضُهُ
All of the Muslim is sacred to another Muslim: his blood, his wealth, and his honor.
حَرَامٌ — inviolable/forbidden. The predicate, 'forbidden, inviolable', in the '-u' ending: 'all of the Muslim is sacrosanct to another'. Indefinite, it declares the whole person off-limits, with the parts named next in apposition.
From: Brotherhood in Islam →OpenArabic teaches words like حرام through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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