Arabic vocabulary
مَحَبَّةٍlove
How to say “love” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
طَاعَةً بِطَاعَةٍ وَمَعْصِيَةً بِمَحَبَّةٍ
Obedience for the sake of obedience, and disobedience for the sake of love.
بِمَحَبَّةٍ — by love. The 'bi-' here again marks exchange or cause ('in return for / by'), but this time it pairs disobedience with LOVE rather than its like, the surprising twist of the reckoning. It governs the following noun in the genitive ending.
From: The Four Inner Guards →
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