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تَوَاضُع humility in Arabic

تَوَاضُع is how you say “humility” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فإنك جاهل خبل فداوم بالله على التواضع الزائد ،

For surely you are ignorant and foolish, so persist in excessive humility with God,

التَّوَاضُعِ the humility

The al- marks this definite, 'the humility', and it sits in the possessed ending forced by 'ala before it: 'in the humility'. The noun names the trait the addressee is told to hold to.

From True Devotion

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More example sentences

التَّواضُعُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الشَّرَفِ

Humility is more beloved to him than honor.

التَّواضُعُ humility

Built on a verbal-noun pattern that turns an action into a thing, here the quality of lowering oneself, and made definite by 'al-'. It is the subject of a verbless 'X is more loved than Y' comparison. Naming a behaviour as an abstract noun lets the sentence weigh it against its opposite.

From On Reason and Temptation

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