Arabic vocabulary

اعلمknow in Arabic

اعلم is how you say “know” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

اعلم أن في كل طائفة من علماء هذه الأمة ما يذم ويعاب، فتجنبه
Know that in every group of scholars of this nation, there is what is blameworthy and disgraceful, so avoid it.
اِعْلَمْ — know. This is a command-form verb, 'know', addressed to 'you'. Arabic builds a command by paring the present verb down to its bare imperative shape, so this single word is a direct order to take note, with the addressee understood.
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