Arabic vocabulary
شأنnature
How to say “nature” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
أي على رجعه إليه يوم القيامة كما هو قادر على خلقه من ماء هذا شأنه
That is, He is able to return him to Himself on the Day of Resurrection, just as He is able to create him from a fluid of this nature.
شَأْنُهُ — its nature. The noun 'its nature/affair' with an attached 'its' ending referring back to the fluid. It is the predicate of the little 'this is its nature' clause, taking the nominative subject-complement ending.
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