Arabic vocabulary
How to say “release” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
فقال النبي ﷺ فقهوا أخاكم في دينه، وأقرئوه القرآن وأطلقوا له أسيره ففعلوا
Then the Prophet ﷺ said: Educate your brother in his religion, teach him the Quran, and release his captive, and they did so.
وَأَطْلِقُوا — and release. wa- = 'and'; a command 'set free, release!' to a group (the '-u' = plural you).
From: Early Converts to Islam →فالنفس كالدابة، إن أحسنت عِلفها ومَشْيها وصلت بك إلى المرعى، وإن أطلقت لها العِنان أوردتك مورد الهلكة
For the soul is like a beast; if you nurture and guide it well, it will lead you to pasture, but if you give it free rein, it will bring you to destruction.
أَطْلَقْتَ — you give. Past-tense verb 'atlaqta' = 'you let loose, set free'; '-ta' = 'you'.
From: Small Daily Habits →أطلقوا أنفسهم في أغراضها كالسوائب والبحر،
They released themselves into their desires like stray animals adrift at sea,
أَطْلَقُوا — they let go. A past-tense verb carrying a masculine-plural 'they' subject inside it; no separate pronoun appears. It reports a completed act of letting loose, the plural ending marking the human doers held within the verb.
From: Rain and God's Decree →OpenArabic teaches words like أَطْلَقَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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