Arabic vocabulary
How to say “ignorance” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَكَذَلِكَ من أعرض عَن اتِّبَاع الْحق الَّذِي يُعلمهُ تبعا لهواه فَإِن ذَلِك يورثه الْجَهْل والضلال حَتَّى يعمى قلبه عَن الْحق الْوَاضِح
And likewise: whoever turns away from following the truth that is taught to him, following his own desire, then that (attitude) will beget in him ignorance and misguidance until his heart becomes blind to the clear truth.
الْجَهْلَ — the ignorance. Definite noun, 'the ignorance', the object of 'begets', in the object form. The 'the' marks it as a known outcome; it is one of two results bred in him.
From: Following Desires →OpenArabic teaches words like جَهْلَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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