Arabic vocabulary
نَافِقٌ is how you say “hypocrite” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
كَمَا قَالَ حَنْظَلَةُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ نَافِقٌ حَنْظَلَةُ
As Hanzala said about his self: Hanzala is a hypocrite.
نَافِقٌ — is a hypocrite. This indefinite noun is the predicate of the quoted verbless statement, equated with the name that follows it. With no verb, 'X is a hypocrite' is stated by placement.
From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →OpenArabic teaches words like نَافِقٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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