Arabic vocabulary
أَخْيَالillusion in Arabic
أَخْيَال is how you say “illusion” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
أخيال يعتري المبتدع أو جنون أو مس،
Is it an illusion that afflicts the innovator, or madness or possession?
أَخْيَالٌ — an illusion. The leading particle here is a question marker fused onto the noun, turning the line into 'is it an illusion?'. Arabic forms a yes-no question by prefixing this marker rather than by changing word order as English does, and the -un ending shows the noun is indefinite.
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