جَهْلٍ Jahl in Arabic
جَهْلٍ is how you say “Jahl” in Arabic.
Arabic
English
The audio uses AI voices.
Example sentence
فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ أَلاَ أَرَاكَ تَطُوفُ بِمَكَّةِ آمِنًا،
So Abu Jahl said to him, "Do I not see you moving about in Mecca in safety?"
جَهْلٍ Jahl
The second half of the 'father of...' byname, in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the kunya before it owns it. It completes the speaker's name.
The English is machine-translated.

Practise this word in the app
One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.
Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.
Free. No ads. No subscription.
An account is needed in the app.
More example sentences
فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ اِسْتَنْفَرَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ النَّاسَ قَالَ أَدْرِكُوا عِيرَكُمْ
When the day of Badr came, Abu Jahl roused the people and said, "Save your caravan!"
جَهْلٍ Jahl
The second half of the 'father of...' byname, in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the kunya head owns it. It completes the leader's name.
فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبُو صَفْوَانَ،
Then Abu Jahl came to him and said, "O Abu Safwan,"
جَهْلٍ Jahl
The second half of the 'father of...' byname, in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the kunya head owns it. It completes the name.
فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ أَبُو جَهْلٍ حَتَّى قَالَ أَمَّا إِذْ غَلَبْتَنِي،
So Abu Jahl did not cease at him until he said, "As for when you have overcome me,"
جَهْلٍ Jahl
The second half of the 'father of...' byname, in the 'of' (genitive) shape because the kunya head owns it. It completes the name.
قَالَ أَبُو فِرَاسٍ أَرْوَحُ الْقَلْبَ بِبَعْضِ الْهَزْلِ تَجَاهُلًا مِنِّي بِغَيْرِ جَهْلٍ،
Abu Firas said: I enliven the heart with some levity, feigning indifference, but not out of ignorance.
جَهْلٍ ignorance
An indefinite noun naming the ruled-out motive, ignorance, completing the 'not out of...' phrase before it. Sitting in the owned-by slot of that phrase it takes the genitive ending, reading 'not out of ignorance'.