جعل make in Arabic
جعل is how you say “make” in Arabic.
Root ج ع ل j-ʿ-l. verb (form I). jaʿala.
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Meaning of make in Arabic
- make, produce, fashion (a thing) given as synonymous with صَنَعَ, but said to be broader in scope than both فَعَلَ and صَنَعَ
- create, bring into being used of God's acts of creation, e.g. creating the darknesses and the light, or all living things from water
- make (something) to be, appoint, constitute doubly transitive: 'He made me a prophet', 'He made the earth a bed', 'made the moon a light'
- put, place, insert; also to call/name, or to judge, pronounce, or think a thing to be so e.g. inserting fingers into the ears; calling the angels 'females'; pronouncing the prayers to be five
Example sentence
اجعل ذِكرَك جُمَلًا تامّة تقود قصدك
Make your remembrance complete sentences that guide your intention.
اجْعَلْ make!
A command, 'make, render!', its bare clipped form is the imperative. 'ja'ala' here takes two objects — make X into Y — so expect both a thing and what it becomes.
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How it is used
جَعَلَ is one of the Qur'an's most frequent and flexible verbs, covering everything from physical making and creating to appointing, naming, and pronouncing something to be a certain way. Its exact sense (make, create, appoint, call, judge) is fixed by context and by whether it takes one or two objects.
Words from the same root
- جَعْلٌ act of making; the verbal noun of جَعَلَ
- جُعْلٌ act of making (variant verbal-noun form of جَعَلَ)
- جَعَالَةٌ act of making (variant verbal-noun form of جَعَلَ)
- جِعَالَةٌ act of making (variant verbal-noun form of جَعَلَ)
- جَاعِلٌ one who makes; maker (active participle of جَعَلَ)
More example sentences
حين تقول بِسمِ الله، فالمعنى أبدأ عملي مُستعينًا بالله، وأجعل نتيجته لوجهه
When you say, 'In the name of Allah,' the meaning is: I begin my work seeking assistance from Allah, and I dedicate its outcome for His sake.
وَأَجْعَلُ and I dedicate
'and I make, assign', present with 'I' inside, joined by 'wa'. Like the earlier 'make', it sets up 'turn X toward Y'.
فقال العطار خذ هذا الدواء واجعله في إحدى عينيه
The herbalist said, 'Take this medicine and put it in one of its eyes.'
واجعله and put it
The connector 'and' fused to a second command-verb, 'and put', with the object 'it' attached. The bare command is to 'you', and the suffix points back to the medicine.
فقرأ في صلاة الصبح قل هو الله أحد حتى بلغ ولم يكن له كفوا أحد فقال اللهم إن كان في الأرض أحد فاجعله كفوا لي
He recited in the morning prayer 'Say, He is Allah, the One,' until he reached 'and there is none equal to Him,' then said: O Allah, if there is anyone on earth, make him my equal.
فَاجْعَلْهُ so make him
This is fa- 'then' (the answer to 'if') plus the command 'make' plus the attached -hu 'him'. The fa- marks the result half of the condition, and the verb is an imperative with its object mounted on it.
Common questions
- How do you say "make" in Arabic?
- جَعَلَ (jaʿala).
- Does جَعَلَ only mean 'make'?
- No — depending on context it can also mean create, appoint/constitute, put/place, or call/judge something to be a certain way.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).