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ابْتِغَاءَ seeking in Arabic

ابْتِغَاءَ is how you say “seeking” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ اِبْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ

O Allah, if I did that seeking Your pleasure.

ابْتِغَاءَ seeking

A verb-derived noun naming the act of seeking, taking the object-style ending to state the motive 'for the sake of'. It heads a 'seeking of' pairing with the next noun, owning it, so together they name the aim behind the deed.

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اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ

O Allah, so if I did that seeking Your pleasure.

ابْتِغَاءَ seeking

A verbal noun, an act recast as a noun, with an ending marking purpose, 'for the sake of seeking'. It heads a possessive pairing with the next word to say why the deed was done, the noun-of-purpose Arabic uses where English would say 'seeking'.

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