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قُلُوبٌ hearts in Arabic

قُلُوبٌ is how you say “hearts” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ثم تضعُ جبينك حيثُ تواضعُ القلوب، فيولد من التسبيح خشوعٌ وعمل

Then you place your forehead where hearts show humility, and devotion and action are born from glorification.

الْقُلُوبُ hearts

'the hearts', the doers of 'humble', nominative, after their verb. Broken plural of 'qalb'; treated here as the subject that bows.

From Turning Daily Words into Worship

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وقال أيضًا إن هذه القلوب تمل كما تمل الأبدان فالتمسوا لها من الحكمة طرفًا

And he also said, 'Indeed, these hearts get weary as bodies get weary, so seek a portion of wisdom for them.'

الْقُلُوبَ hearts

Made definite by al' and, because the 'indeed' particle opens the sentence, carrying the accusative -a though it is the topic; the particle's grip is what forces that ending.

From Reviving the Heart

وعن الحسن قال إن هذه القلوب تحيى وتموت فإذا حييت فاحملوها على النافلة، وإذا ماتت فاحملوها على الفريضة

Al-Hasan said, 'Indeed, these hearts live and die. When they are alive, push them toward extra acts of worship; and when they die, push them toward the obligatory acts.'

الْقُلُوبَ hearts

Definite by al' and in the accusative -a because the 'indeed' particle opens the sentence and grips it, though it is really the topic.

From Reviving the Heart

اختار آدم فغلبت القلوب بالحسد،

He chose Adam, and hearts were overwhelmed with envy.

القُلُوبُ the hearts

Placed after its verb, this definite plural noun is the real doer and stands in the plain subject ending. The 'the' marks the hearts as known, and its post-verb position follows normal Arabic order; being a non-human plural, it draws the feminine-singular verb seen before.

From Adam and the Rebel

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