Arabic vocabulary

فقراءpoor in Arabic

فقراء is how you say “poor” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فقراء المهاجرين أتوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا ذهب أهل الدثور بالدرجات العلى، والنعيم المقيم
The poor among the emigrants came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and said: 'The wealthy have taken the highest ranks and everlasting blessings.'
فَقَرَاءُ — the poor. This is a broken plural ('the poor'), reshaped from its singular, and a 'diptote' that drops nunation, so its ending stays bare. It is the nominative subject and heads a possessive — 'the poor OF the emigrants'. So it owns the noun to come.
From: Praises That Elevate the Poor →

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