Arabic vocabulary
أَيْتَامorphans
How to say “orphans” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ومن اتقى الله فيها وكتب لقضاة العدل وباشر الأيتام والصدقات ومال الأوقاف والمدارس ولزم الأمانة واتقى فيه فهذا محمود مأجور بنيته،
Whoever fears Allah in it, writes for just judges, handles the affairs of orphans and charities, manages endowment and school funds, and adheres to honesty, such a person is praised and rewarded for his intention.
الْأَيْتَامَ — orphans. This is the object of 'handled', in the accusative — 'the orphans', a broken plural reshaped from its singular. The accusative marks them as what he attends to. It heads a list of charitable charges.
From: Intention in Islam →
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