Arabic vocabulary
How to say “humility” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
والخضوع لكبريائه وخشوع الْقلب والجوارح لَهُ
And submission to His majesty and the humility of the heart and limbs to Him.
وَخُشُوعُ — and the humility. 'And' plus a verbal noun 'reverent stillness', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the awe of the heart' — nominative. It owns the noun that follows.
From: Humility Before the Divine →ثم تعظيمه وتلاوته حق تلاوته وتحسينها والخشوع عندها
Then to honor it, recite it as it deserves to be recited, beautify its recitation, and be humble before it.
وَالخُشُوعِ — and be humble. An action-noun for reverent humility, joined to the list and given 'the.' It names the inward stillness one should bring — the next item in counsel's catalogue.
From: Devotion to the Quran →ووصف علماء الآخرة بالخشوع والزهد
And He described the scholars of the hereafter as humble and ascetic.
بِالْخُشُوعِ — with humility. Here 'bi-' is fused on to mark what they are described as: 'with humility'. The preposition attaches the quality and governs the noun, whose 'the' presents reverent humility as a known trait.
From: Knowledge and Humility →OpenArabic teaches words like خُشُوع through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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