Arabic vocabulary
How to say “restrain” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وَالْعَبْدُ مُجْتَهِدٌ فِي رَدِّهَا
And the servant strives to restrain it.
رَدِّهَا — restrain it. 'radd' = 'pushing back, restraining'; '-ha' = 'it', so 'restraining it'.
From: Taming the Lower Self →أنه لما كان بابُ المناظرة في الرد والقبول مُتَّسِعًا، وكل واحدٍ من المتناظرين في الاستدلال والجواب يرسل عِنانه في الاحتجاج، ومنه ما يكون صوابًا ومنه ما يكون خطأً،
that since the field of debate in rejection and acceptance was wide, and each debater in reasoning and answering would let loose his reins in argumentation, some of it being correct and some incorrect,
الرَّدِّ — rejection. Genitive after 'fi' — 'rebuttal, refuting'; the verbal noun.
From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →فاحتاج الأئمة إلى أن يضعوا آدابًا وأحكامًا يقف المتناظران عند حدودها في الرد والقبول،
the scholars needed to establish etiquette and rules that debaters must adhere to in rejection and acceptance,
الرَّدِّ — rejection. Genitive after 'fi' — 'rebuttal'.
From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →OpenArabic teaches words like رد through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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