Arabic vocabulary
How to say “make clear” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
إِنَّمَا تَتَبَيَّنُ فَضِيلَةُ الشَّيْءِ بِثَمْرَتِهِ وَفَائِدَتِهِ
Indeed, the virtue of a thing is demonstrated by its outcome and benefit.
تَتَبَيَّنُ — it is demonstrated. Present-tense verb, subject 'it' (feminine) built in.
From: Intellect and Faith →ولما أقام الحجة وبين الحجة إرتهن كل نفس بكسبها وآخذها بذنبها
And when the proof was established and made clear, every soul is held accountable for its deeds and taken for its sins.
وَبَيَّنَ — and made clear. The wa- adds a second verb, in the doubled-middle intensive pattern, 'and made clear', with its 'he' subject built in. Coordinated with the first, it continues the same doer's actions, the intensive form stressing thorough clarification.
From: Prayer and Charity →ثم بين سبحانه كذب أعدائه وبهتهم في نسبة كلامه تعالى إلى غيره
Then Allah made clear the lies of His enemies and their falsehood in attributing His speech to others.
بَيَّنَ — made clear. Past-tense verb 'he made clear/explained', on an intensive pattern that adds the sense of making something thoroughly evident. The 'he' subject is built in. Arabic uses such doubled patterns to mean doing an action fully or causing a state.
From: God's Eternal Word →كما بين كذب من قال ﴿إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ﴾
Just as He exposed the lie of those who said: 'This is only the speech of a human.'
بَيَّنَ — made clear. Past-tense 'he made clear/exposed', on an intensive pattern that adds the sense of fully revealing something. The 'he' subject is built in; the verb introduces what God exposed.
From: God's Eternal Word →فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْ تَرَكَتْهُ بَيَّنَ
The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: If you had left him, he would have made it clear.
بَيَّنَ — made it clear. A past-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, standing as the would-be result of the unreal condition. Paired with the counterfactual 'if', it reads as what would have followed had the supposed action happened.
From: A Night with the Companions →OpenArabic teaches words like بَيَّنَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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