Arabic vocabulary
How to say “obligatory” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
والسنة عندهم قد تكون واجبة إذا تركها أعاد،
And the sunna according to them could be obligatory if one omits it, they must repeat.
وَاجِبَةً — obligatory. 'obligatory', accusative predicate of 'takun' — what a sunna may turn out to be; an active participle.
From: Required Remembrance →والسنة عندهم قد تكون واجبة إذا تركها أعاد،
And according to them, a recommended practice may be obligatory if omitted, it must be repeated,
وَاجِبَةً — obligatory. 'obligatory', accusative predicate of 'takun' — what a sunna may turn out to be; an active participle.
From: Praise and Petition in Prayer →جد سيدنا ومولانا الإمام الواجبة ومخالفه جاهلي في مذهبي
The ancestor of our master and lord, the Imam whose obedience is obligatory, and whoever opposes him is ignorant in my view.
ٱلْوَاجِبُ — the obligatory. The al- makes this definite, 'the obligatory one'. It is an adjective describing the Imam whose obedience is required, agreeing with its noun in definiteness and case.
From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →فذلك لأن أصحاب مالك يسمون هذه سنناً، والسنة عندهم قد تكون واجبة إذا تركها أعاد،
This is because Malik's followers call these practices Sunnah, and a Sunnah in their view can be obligatory; if it is left, it must be repeated.
وَاجِبَةً — obligatory. A feminine adjective serving as what 'it can be', i.e. the complement of the verb 'to be'. Because that verb takes its complement in the accusative, this word shows the accusative ending, and the feminine form agrees with 'the Sunnah'.
From: Praise and Supplication in Prayer →OpenArabic teaches words like وَاجِب through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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