Arabic vocabulary
حِرَاءHira in Arabic
حِرَاء is how you say “Hira” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
حَتَّى فَجَاءَهُ الْحَقُّ وَهُوَ فِي غَارِ حِرَاءٍ
Until the truth came upon him while he was in the Cave of Hira.
حِرَاءٍ — Hira. This place-name owns the preceding 'cave', completing 'the cave of Hira', and sits in the genitive owner-slot. The two nouns together pin down exactly which cave was the setting.
From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →
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