Arabic vocabulary
ارْتَهَنَis pledged
How to say “is pledged” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ولما أقام الحجة وبين الحجة إرتهن كل نفس بكسبها وآخذها بذنبها
And when the proof was established and made clear, every soul is held accountable for its deeds and taken for its sins.
ارْتَهَنَ — is held accountable. This is a past-tense verb in the pattern meaning to take as a pledge or hold in pawn, used here for accountability, with its 'he/it' subject inside. The verb itself carries the metaphor of a soul held as security against its deeds.
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