Arabic vocabulary
ضَالّ is how you say “misguided” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
والأصولي الذي طرد التأويل عند الآخرين جهميا ومعتزليا وضالا،
And the theologian who pursues interpretation is considered by others as a Jahmi, a Mu'tazili, and misguided.
وَضَالًّا — and misguided. A third coordinated predicate, 'misguided', in the indefinite accusative, here a participle-like noun for one gone astray. It completes the trio of verdicts, all accusative as predicates of how the others reckon him.
From: Unity Over Partisanship →OpenArabic teaches words like ضَالّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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