تَكْلِيفٌ obligation in Arabic
تَكْلِيفٌ is how you say “obligation” in Arabic.
Arabic
English
The audio uses AI voices.
Example sentence
من أراد السلامة ما عرف التكليف
Whoever wants safety has not understood obligation.
التَّكْلِيفَ obligation
The thing not understood, 'obligation', taking the object ending as what the verb acts on. Its 'the' marks it as the definite duty meant, the burden of being held responsible.
The English is machine-translated.

Practise this word in the app
One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.
Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.
Free. No ads. No subscription.
An account is needed in the app.
More example sentences
وهذا التكليف يشق على النفوس، لأنها مجبولة على حب الراحة والاستسلام للشهوات
And this obligation is burdensome on the souls because they are inclined to love comfort and surrender to desires.
التَّكْلِيفُ obligation
The noun the demonstrative points to, 'the obligation', the topic of the sentence. Its 'the' is required because a demonstrative in Arabic pairs only with a definite noun, so 'this' and 'the' go together.
فمن أراد السلامة من التكليف، فقد أراد المستحيل
Whoever wishes to be free from obligation desires the impossible.
التَّكْلِيفِ obligation
The thing escaped, 'obligation', in the genitive because the preposition governs it. Its 'the' makes it the definite burden of responsibility.
ولكن العاقل لا يطلب السلامة من التكليف، بل يطلب التوفيق للقيام به
But the wise person does not seek freedom from obligation; rather, he seeks guidance to fulfill it.
التَّكْلِيفِ obligation
The thing escaped, 'obligation', in the genitive after the preposition, made definite by its 'the'.
فليستعن العبد بربه، وليسأله التوفيق، وليصبر على تكاليف الشرع، فإن العاقبة له
Let the servant seek assistance from his Lord, ask Him for guidance, and be patient with the duties of the law, for the outcome is in his favor.
تَكَالِيفِ the duties of
A plural noun, 'the burdens of', in the genitive after the preposition, and it heads an 'of' pairing with the next word. The two nouns sit directly together with no separate 'of'.