Arabic vocabulary

أَمْثَالlikes in Arabic

أَمْثَال is how you say “likes” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وأمثال ذَلِك
And the likes of that.
وَأَمْثَالُ — and the likes of. 'and the likes of' — 'wa' plus 'amthal', nominative, and head of an 'of' pairing with 'that'. Broken plural of 'mithl'; it gathers in all similar cases.
From: The Declaration of Faith →
وتفهم علومه وأمثاله والاعتناء بمواعظه
And understand its sciences and parables, and pay attention to its lessons.
وَأَمْثَالِهِ — and parables. Joined by 'and,' another broken plural — 'its parables / likenesses' — owned by the Book. It extends the object of understanding from the sciences to the illustrative images the Book uses.
From: Devotion to the Quran →

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