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أَمَل hope in Arabic

أَمَل is how you say “hope” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَأَلْهَاهُمْ طَوْلُ الْأَمَلِ،

And the long duration of hope distracted them.

الْأَمَلِ hope

The al- marks this as definite, and as the owned tail of the possessive chain it carries the 'of' (genitive) ending, naming what is long: hope. It completes 'the length of hope', the drawn-out expectation that did the distracting.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

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More example sentences

ويحك ما أطول أملك وأسوأ عملك

Woe to you! How long are your hopes, and how bad are your deeds!

أَمَلَكَ your hope

A noun 'hope/wishful expectation' with 'your' (masculine singular) attached, and it is what the exclamation marvels at - the object of 'how long is...'. The attached possessor addresses the listener, so 'your hope'. The construction casts the listener's long-range hopes as astonishingly drawn-out.

From Sincere Worship

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