Arabic vocabulary
الْعَاقِلِrational
How to say “rational” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَحَجَرًا حَجَرًا أَيْسَرُ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ مُكَابَدَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْعَاقِلِ
Removing it stone by stone is easier for Satan than contending with the rational believer.
الْعَاقِلِ — rational. This adjective describes the preceding 'believer', agreeing with it in definiteness and (genitive) case, 'the rational believer'. It narrows the believer to one of sound mind, the hard case. Matching endings tie the adjective to its noun.
From: On Reason and Temptation →
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