Arabic vocabulary
How to say “Muslims” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
فبينا عمر في نفر من المسلمين يتحدثون عن يوم بدر،
While Umar was among a group of Muslims discussing the Day of Badr,
الْمُسْلِمِينَ — the Muslims. al- = 'the'; muslimin means 'Muslims' (plural) — the noun after 'min'.
From: Early Converts to Islam →والذي نفس محمد بيده لولا أن يشق على المسلمين ما قعدت خلاف سرية تغزو في سبيل الله أبدا،
By the One in whose hand is Muhammad's soul, if it were not hard on the Muslims, I would never remain behind any expedition that fights in the cause of Allah, ever,
الْمُسْلِمِينَ — the Muslims. This is the sound plural of 'Muslim' carrying 'the', 'the Muslims', and it is the object of 'on'. The plural is built by an ending on the noun, and that ending also takes the shape a preposition's object requires; the definite article marks the known community.
From: Paradise for Those Who Strive →وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ قَدْ عَلِمُوا حُبَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَائِشَةَ،
And the Muslims already knew that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved Aisha.
الْمُسْلِمُونَ — the Muslims. A definite masculine-plural noun carrying 'the', whose plural ending also marks it as the subject of 'were'. The article makes it the known community of Muslims, and its ending shows it is the doer of the knowing that follows.
From: Wives of the Prophet →أجمع المسلمون على وجوب تعظيم القرآن العزيز على الاطلاق وتنزيهه وصيانته
Muslims unanimously agree on the obligation to honor the Glorious Quran in all cases, and to respect and safeguard it.
المُسْلِمُونَ — Muslims. The plural subject of the agreeing verb, with al- ('the') and the sound-plural -un ending, in the nominative. It supplies the doers the singular verb left unspecified, the normal verb-then-subject pattern. The -un ending is the visible mark of 'more than two, masculine'.
From: Honoring the Quran →وقد أجمع المسلمون على أن القرآن المتلو في الاقطار المكتوب في الصحف الذي بأيدي المسلمين مما
And the Muslims have unanimously agreed that the Qur'an recited in the regions and written in the pages that are in the hands of the Muslims is among...
الْمُسْلِمُونَ — the Muslims. The plural subject of the agreeing verb, with al- ('the') and the sound-plural -un ending, in the nominative. It names the doers the singular verb left blank, in the normal verb-then-subject order. The -un ending marks 'more than two, masculine'.
From: Honoring the Quran →OpenArabic teaches words like مُسْلِمُونَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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