Arabic vocabulary
How to say “poor” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
لَيْسَ الْعجب من فَقير مِسْكين يحب محسنا إِلَيْهِ
It is not astonishing from a poor, needy person to love one who is kind to him.
فَقِيرٍ — a poor. An adjective-noun 'a poor man', genitive after 'from' (the tanwin), indefinite. The destitute one.
From: The Path to God's Love →إِنَّمَا الْعجب من محسن يحب فَقِيرا مِسْكينا
The true wonder is that a kind one loves a poor, needy person.
فَقِيرًا — a poor person. An adjective-noun 'a poor man', the object of 'loves', accusative ('-an' tanwin), indefinite. The destitute one he loves.
From: The Path to God's Love →OpenArabic teaches words like فَقِير through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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