Arabic vocabulary
رَجَاءُ is how you say “hope” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وانبسط أمله وَقَوي طمعه وَسَار إِلَى ربه وحادى الرَّجَاء يَحْدُو ركاب سيره،
His hope expanded, his ambition strengthened, and he journeyed to his Lord, with hope guiding the path of his journey.
الرَّجَاءُ — the hope. Subject of 'urged on', nominative, after its verb. Hope cast as the driver of the journey.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →والرجاء يَحْدُو بالمطى
Hope urged the camels onward.
وَالرَّجَاءُ — and hope. 'And' plus 'hope', the topic, nominative, definite — hope, another of the forces. The 'al-' marks it as that faculty.
From: Stages of the Seeker →أصحهما يجوز رجاء إسلامه
The more correct of the two is that it is permissible, hoping for his conversion to Islam.
رَجَاءُ — hoping for. A noun, 'hope / hoping,' giving the motive for the permission — done 'in hope of...'. It heads an 'of' pair with 'his Islam': the prospect of his conversion is what justifies teaching him.
From: Teaching the Quran to Non-Muslims →OpenArabic teaches words like رَجَاءُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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