Arabic vocabulary
آلَة is how you say “instrument” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وبيان ذلك أن الله قد خلق للآدمي آلة يدافع بها عن نفسه الضرر وآلة يجتلب بها النفع،
And the explanation for this is that Allah has created for humans tools to defend themselves from harm and tools to bring about benefit,
آلَةً — an instrument. This noun is the thing created and sits in the object form as the receiver of the creating. Its bare ending marks it indefinite, 'a tool'.
From: Trust in God →وبيان ذلك أن الله قد خلق للآدمي آلة يدافع بها عن نفسه الضرر وآلة يجتلب بها النفع،
And the explanation for this is that Allah has created for humans tools to defend themselves from harm and tools to bring about benefit,
وَآلَةً — and an instrument. The opening particle adds this on, and the noun is a second created 'tool' in the object form, matching the first. Together they continue 'and a tool...'.
From: Trust in God →OpenArabic teaches words like آلَة through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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