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اسْتِعَانَة seeking help in Arabic

اسْتِعَانَة is how you say “seeking help” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

والاستعانة بالله العظيم في آناء الليل والنهار ،

And seeking help from the Almighty God during the night and the day,

وَالِاسْتِعَانَةُ and the seeking help

This is the bound wa- 'and' plus al- 'the' plus an action-noun, 'and the seeking of help', coordinated onto the previous 'much supplication'. As a verb turned noun it names the act of asking aid, and the wa- joins it as a further part of the path; it serves as a subject-like topic.

From True Devotion

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More example sentences

والتوكل والاستعانة للْعَبد لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ الْوَسِيلَة وَالطَّرِيق الَّذِي ينَال بِهِ مَقْصُوده ومطلوبه من الْعِبَادَة

And reliance and seeking help are for the servant because they are the means and the path through which he attains his goals and desires in worship.

وَالاسْتِعَانَةُ and the seeking of help

The 'and' prefix joins a second subject, and this noun also carries 'the'. A coordinated noun keeps the same case as the one it is joined to, so it shares the subject ending, adding seeking-help alongside reliance.

From Worship and Repentance

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