Arabic vocabulary
رَبِّي is how you say “my Lord” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ثُمَّ أَرْجِعُ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُ رَبِّي وَقَعْتُ سَاجِدًا،
Then I return, and when I see my Lord I fall prostrate.
رَبَّيَّ — my Lord. 'Lord' with the first-person possessive on the end, the owner built into the word. It is the object of the seeing in the surrounding clause, with the suffix tying the Lord directly to the speaker.
From: Intercession on Judgment Day →فَأَحْمَدُ رَبِّي بِمَحَامِدِ عَلَّمَنِيهَا،
So I praise my Lord with the praises He taught me.
رَبِّي — my Lord. 'Lord' with the first-person possessive on the end, 'my' built into the word; the suffix binds the Lord to the speaker. It is the one praised, the object of the praising verb.
From: Intercession on Judgment Day →OpenArabic teaches words like رَبِّي through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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