Arabic vocabulary

أَمَلhope in Arabic

أَمَل is how you say “hope” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

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 →
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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