Arabic vocabulary
How to say “guide” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فالله يوفقك، ويبصرك رشدك، ويوقظك من رقدة الجهل والرياء
May Allah guide you, make you see your right path, and awaken you from the slumber of ignorance and hypocrisy.
يُوَفِّقُكَ — guide you. A present-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject inside it, used here as a wish: 'may He grant you success'. Arabic has no separate helper word for 'may'; the present form alone, in this prayer context, does the work English needs an extra word for. The attached ending marks you as the one receiving the action.
From: When Recitation Breeds Pride →OpenArabic teaches words like يُوَفِّق through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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