Arabic vocabulary
ذَلَّ is how you say “humble” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَإِنَّ الْحَكِيمَ يُذِّلُّ نَفْسَهُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ حَتَّى تَعْتَرِفَ بِالْحَقِّ
And indeed, the wise humbles his soul with difficulties until it acknowledges the truth.
يُذِلُّ — he humbles. Present-tense verb 'yudhillu' = 'he humbles, subdues'; the subject 'he' is built in.
From: Faith as Light →وَيُعْطِي وَيمْنَع ويعز ويذل ويخفض وَيرْفَع
And He gives and withholds, honors and humiliates, lowers and raises,
وَيُذِلُّ — and humiliates. 'And' plus a present-tense causative (form IV) verb 'casts down / abases', subject 'He' inside. The opposite of 'honors'.
From: God's Majesty →OpenArabic teaches words like ذَلَّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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