Arabic vocabulary
رَأْيٌ is how you say “opinion” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
قلّة التَّوْفِيق وَفَسَاد الرَّأْي وخفاء الْحق وَفَسَاد الْقلب
Lack of success, distortion of opinion, obscurity of truth, and corruption of the heart.
الرَّأْيِ — of opinion. al- = 'the'; completes the 'of…' phrase: 'of opinion, of judgment'.
From: Returning to God →وَأَن تقضي عَلَيْهِ بآراء الْمُتَكَلِّمين وأفكار المتكلفين
And to judge it with the opinions of the theologians and the speculations of the pretentious,
بِآرَاءِ — with the opinions. 'Bi-' (with / by) fused with a broken plural 'opinions', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'by the opinions of the theologians'; it governs the genitive. The 'bi-' marks the means of the judging; it owns the noun that follows.
From: God's Majesty →OpenArabic teaches words like رَأْيٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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