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ظَاهِر outer in Arabic

ظَاهِر is how you say “outer” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فالأصولي الواقف مع الظواهر والآثار عند خصومه يجعلونه مجسما وحشويا ومبتدعا،

So the fundamentalist who stands with the apparent meanings and narrations, his opponents deem him an anthropomorphist, a Hashwi, and an innovator.

الظَّوَاهِرِ the apparent meanings

This noun, the apparent meanings, is in the genitive after the preposition and definite by 'al-'. It names the literal sense the scholar sides with, the first of two coordinated objects of 'with'.

From Unity Over Partisanship

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More example sentences

فمجاهدتها أشق من مجاهدة العدو الظاهر؛ لأن العدو الظاهر يمكن الفرار منه أو قهره، وأما النفس فملازمة للإنسان لا تفارقه

So struggling against it is harder than struggling against a visible enemy; for a visible enemy can be escaped or conquered, but the self is ever-present with the person and does not leave him.

الظَّاهِرِ visible

An active participle meaning 'visible', describing the enemy. It follows its noun and copies its definiteness and possessive case, as Arabic adjectives match the nouns they describe.

From Struggling Against the Self

فمجاهدتها أشق من مجاهدة العدو الظاهر؛ لأن العدو الظاهر يمكن الفرار منه أو قهره، وأما النفس فملازمة للإنسان لا تفارقه

So struggling against it is harder than struggling against a visible enemy; for a visible enemy can be escaped or conquered, but the self is ever-present with the person and does not leave him.

الظَّاهِرَ the visible

An active participle meaning 'visible', describing the enemy, and it matches its noun in the object case forced by the emphatic particle, as well as in definiteness. Arabic adjectives copy the case, definiteness, and gender of their noun.

From Struggling Against the Self

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