Arabic vocabulary

حَبْلrope in Arabic

حَبْل is how you say “rope” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

اعْلَم يَا أخي أَن العَبْد إِذا اعْتصمَ بِحَبل السُّلْطَان الْمَخْلُوق سلم من شَرّ الظَّالِمين
Know, my brother, that if a servant clings to the rope of the created ruler, he is safe from the evil of the oppressors.
بِحَبْلِ — with the rope. The attached particle puts the following noun into the form a preposition requires and links the clinging to its anchor: it marks what is gripped. The noun also opens a possessive chain with the word after it.
From: Ten Daily Supplications →

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