Arabic vocabulary
How to say “gives respite” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
الحمد لله الذي يمهل ولا يخاف فواتا،
Praise be to Allah, who gives respite and does not fear what is missed,
يُمْهِلُ — he gives respite. A present-tense verb meaning 'grants respite', with its 'he' subject built into the form and pointing back to Allah through the relative pronoun. The present tense frames this as a standing attribute, something Allah continually does, rather than a one-time past act.
From: Death and Decree →وأخرج منهاجًا وأبًا جعله أقواتا،
And He brought forth from it pasture and fodder, making them provisions.
يمهل — he grants respite. Present-tense verb, 'He grants respite', with its 'He' built in, describing a habitual divine action inside the relative clause. The present form marks it as God's ongoing way.
From: God's Sovereignty in Creation →OpenArabic teaches words like يُمْهِلُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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