Arabic vocabulary
احْتَاجَneeded in Arabic
احْتَاجَ is how you say “needed” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
ولو أن إنسانًا جاع فلم يأكل، أو احتاج فلم يسأل، أو عري فلم يلبس، فمات دخل النار،
And if a person goes hungry and does not eat, or is in need and does not ask, or is unclothed and does not dress, and dies, he enters the Fire,
احْتَاجَ — is in need. This past-tense verb has its 'he' subject built in and states the second supposed condition, 'was in need'. It opens the parallel scenario.
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