Arabic vocabulary
تَأَمَّلَ is how you say “reflects” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ومن تأمل المخلوقات ما يراه منها وما لا يراه
And whoever reflects on the creations, what he sees of them and what he does not see,
تَأَمَّلَ — reflects on. Past-tense 'he reflected/pondered', on a reflexive pattern fitting inward thought, here covering a general 'anyone who reflects' within the condition. The 'he' subject is built in.
From: Proof in All Creation →مَا قَدَرْتُ أَنْ أَتَأَمَّلَ أُمِّي مُنْذُ أَسْلَمَتْ
I could not look after my mother since she embraced Islam.
أَتَأَمَّلَ — I look after. A present-tense verb with 'I' built in, sitting in the subjunctive form because the 'that' particle before it requires that shape. It names the act he could not do, gaze upon / attend to his mother. The subjunctive ending is the signal that this verb is the content of the 'to...' clause, not a free statement.
From: Mothers and the Companions →OpenArabic teaches words like تَأَمَّلَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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