Arabic vocabulary
How to say “lead” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
فالعاقل لا ينظر إلى حلاوة اللذة وعذوبتها، ولكن ينظر إلى ما تؤول إليه
So the wise person does not look at the sweetness of the pleasure and its delight, but rather looks at what it leads to.
تَؤُولُ — it leads. A present-tense verb carrying its own subject, meaning it ends up or leads to. The subject is the pleasure, tracked from before; the verb sets up the direction-phrase that follows.
From: Paradise Over Pleasure →فإن كانت تؤول إلى النار، فهي مرارة في الحقيقة وإن كانت حلوة في المذاق
If it leads to the Fire, then it is bitterness in reality, even if it is sweet in taste.
تَؤُولُ — it leads. A present-tense verb carrying its own subject, meaning it leads to, sitting inside the condition. Its subject is the pleasure, tracked from before.
From: Paradise Over Pleasure →وإن كانت تؤول إلى الجنة، فهي حلوة في الحقيقة وإن كانت مرة في المذاق
And if it leads to Paradise, then it is truly sweet, even if it is bitter in taste.
تَؤُولُ — leads to. A present-tense verb carrying its own subject, meaning it leads to, inside the condition. Its subject is the pleasure, tracked from before.
From: Paradise Over Pleasure →وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ
Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
وَآلِهِ — and his family. The connector 'and' joined to a noun 'his family' carrying 'his' as possessor, extending the blessing. The suffix points to the Prophet; the phrase is part of the set formula.
From: Empty Fasting, Empty Prayer →وَإِن تعلق أَمر الدّين بِهِ كَقَوْلِه تَعَالَى آل عمرَان وَلَا تهنوا وَلَا تحزنوا وَأَنْتُم الأعلون إِن كُنْتُم مُؤمنين
And if the matter of religion relates to it, as in His saying in Al-Imran: 'Do not weaken and do not grieve, for you will be superior if you are believers.'
آلِ — family. First part of a chapter name, 'Family', the head of an 'X of Y' name-pair, in the owned head form. It joins with the next word to give the chapter's title.
From: Patience in Hard Times →OpenArabic teaches words like آل through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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