Arabic vocabulary
بَاطِنٌ is how you say “inner” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
بخلاف المجتهد في طاعة الله، ورسوله باطنا وظاهرًا
unlike the diligent one in obedience to Allah and His Messenger, internally and externally,
بَاطِنًا — internally. 'inwardly', accusative adverb of manner — in his inner self.
From: Judging by Revelation →وَأَنَا الْبَاطِنُ اِحْفَظْ يَقِينَكِ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ
And I am the Inner. Guard your certainty on your left.
الْبَاطِنُ — the Inner. The divine name 'the Inner', made definite by al- ('the'), completing 'I am the Inner'. It is the predicate of a verbless equation, set directly opposite the 'I' with no linking verb between them.
From: The Four Inner Guards →بَاطِنُهُمْ كَظَواهِرِهِمْ؛
Their inward is like their outward appearance.
باطنونهم — their inward. A noun for the inner self with -hum ('their') fixed to its end, naming whose inside is meant. It stands as the topic of a description that uses no 'is' word: Arabic simply sets this noun first and lets the following comparison serve as its predicate.
From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →OpenArabic teaches words like بَاطِنٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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