Arabic vocabulary
دَرَأَ is how you say “repel” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ومن فقهِ المقاصدِ أن يُوزَنَ الفعلُ بثمرتِه هل يدرأ ضررًا أعظم أم يجلبُ نفعًا راجحًا؟
From the understanding of the objectives, an action is weighed by its outcome: does it prevent a greater harm or bring a significant benefit?
يَدْرَأُ — prevent. 'wards off / repels,' one arm of the question. Its object, 'a greater harm,' follows; the first thing weighed is whether the act fends off a bigger harm.
From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →OpenArabic teaches words like دَرَأَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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