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رَجَا hoped in Arabic

رَجَا is how you say “hoped” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتنِي وَرَجَوْتنِي غَفَرْتُ لَك عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْك وَلَا أُبَالِي،

Allah, the Exalted, said: "O son of Adam! As long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind.

وَرَجَوْتَنِي and have hope in Me

Built like the verb before it — 'you' inside, 'Me' on the end — and joined by 'and' to extend the condition. To 'hope in' someone here takes a direct object with no preposition, where English needs the extra word 'in'.

From The Vastness of God's Mercy

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More example sentences

وخضع لربه وخاف عقابه، ورجا رحمته

and becomes humble before his Lord, fears His punishment, and hopes for His mercy.

وَرَجَا and hopes for

Joined by 'and', a past-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject, closing the chain: and he hoped for. The doer is built into the verb.

From A Path to Mercy

وَبِالنَّصْبِ مَا رَجَا مِنْهُ الرَّاحَةُ

And what he hoped for through toil was comfort.

رَجَا he hoped

A past-tense verb ('hoped') inside the relative clause, with its 'he' subject built in so no separate 'he' appears. It describes the 'what' before it, telling you the action attached to that thing.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness

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