Arabic vocabulary
How to say “gather/collect” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
الذِّكرُ النافعُ يجمعُ ثلاثةَ أمور
Beneficial remembrance encompasses three aspects:
يَجْمَعُ — encompasses. Present 'gathers, brings together', subject 'it' inside. It frames the definition: useful dhikr pulls several things into one.
From: Words That Nourish the Heart →إذ المقاصدُ ميزانٌ يعيدُ ترتيبَ الأولوياتِ ويَجمعُ بين نصٍّ مُحكَمٍ وعقلٍ راشدٍ وواقعٍ مُتغيِّر
For the objectives are a scale that reorders priorities and integrates clear text, sound intellect, and changing reality.
وَيَجْمَعُ — and integrates. 'and gathers / brings together,' a second thing the scale does, joined by 'and.' It takes 'between' next — Arabic 'gathers BETWEEN' things — to name the three it reconciles.
From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →وقد جمع الله سبحانه وتعالى الطب كله في نصف آية
And Allah, Glorified and Exalted, has summarized all of medicine in half a verse.
جَمَعَ — he summarized. A past-tense verb 'gathered together' with its subject coming right after, the divine name, in the normal verb-first order. The verb governs that name as its subject and 'medicine' as its object.
From: The One-Third Rule →جمع بقدرته من المختلفات أشتاتًا،
He gathered diverse elements by His power,
جَمَعَ — He gathered. A past-tense verb meaning 'He gathered / brought together', with its 'he' subject built into the form and pointing back to Allah. It opens the statement and governs the object that follows, so it tells you the action God performed on the diverse things.
From: Death and Decree →وكتب لفناء ساكنيها عمرًا مقدرًا وميقاتا،
And He decreed for its inhabitants a measured lifespan and an appointed time.
جمع — He gathered. Past-tense verb, 'He gathered', with its 'He' built in, in the active voice, God as the doer. The past form states a completed divine act.
From: God's Sovereignty in Creation →إِنَّ لَهُ لَأَجْرَيْنِ ـ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ ـ إِنَّهُ لَجَاهِدٌ مُجَاهِدٌ،
Indeed for him are two rewards—and he pressed his two fingers together—indeed he is a striver who exerts himself.
وَجَمَعَ — and he pressed. An 'and' on a past verb opening a parenthetical action: while speaking, he pressed his fingers together. The connector slots this gesture into the narration as a side-action, and the verb carries its 'he' subject inside it.
From: The Martyr's Reward →OpenArabic teaches words like جَمَعَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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