Arabic vocabulary
تلاrecited in Arabic
تلا is how you say “recited” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
بَلْ قِيلَ لِلصِّدِّيقِ وَقَدْ تَلَا آيَةً هَذَا كَلَامُكَ وَكَلَامُ صَاحِبِكَ؟
Rather, it was said to the Truthful One as he recited a verse: 'Is this your word and the word of your companion?'
تَلَا — he recited. A past-tense verb 'he recited', with the 'he' subject built in. It sits in the background clause describing what he was doing when the words were said to him.
From: The Messenger as Conveyor of Revelation →
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