Arabic vocabulary
جَهَنَّمِHell in Arabic
جَهَنَّمِ is how you say “Hell” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
يَكُونُ ثُبُوتُ قَدَمِهِ عَلَى الْصِّرَاطِ الْمَنْصُوبِ عَلَى مَتْنِ جَهَنَّمِ،
His footing will be firm on the bridge erected over the body of Hell.
جَهَنَّمِ — Hell. A proper noun ('Hell') closing the 'of' pairing as the owner ('the body of Hell'), and so in the genitive ending. Being a name it is already definite and lends that definiteness to the whole phrase. It needs no al-.
From: The Bridge to Paradise →
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