Arabic vocabulary
شُعَاع is how you say “radiance” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
قَالَ أَخَافُ مِنْ شَيْئَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا اِسْتِعَاذَةُ الْمُسْتَعِيذِينَ وَالثَّانِيُ شُعَاعُ مَعْرِفَةِ الصَّادِقِينَ
He said, "I fear two things: one of them is the seeking of refuge by those who seek refuge, and the other is the radiance of the knowledge of the truthful ones."
شُعَاعُ — radiance. A noun for radiance or ray, used figuratively for a spreading influence, standing in the subject case as the predicate naming what the second feared thing is. It heads a possessive pairing with 'knowledge' that follows, 'the radiance of the knowledge of...'. As predicate it completes 'the second is the radiance of...'.
From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →OpenArabic teaches words like شُعَاع through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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