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رَاءَى show off in Arabic

رَاءَى is how you say “show off” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

تُرَاءُونَ النَّاسَ بِأَعْمَالِكُمْ خِلَافَ مَا تُعْطُونِي مِنْ قُلُوبِكُمْ،

You show off to people with your deeds contrary to what you give Me from your hearts,

تُرَاءُونَ you show off

A present-tense verb, 'you show off / put on a display for', with a plural 'you' subject in its ending. The verb's inner shape carries a 'make a show to others' sense, describing performance for an audience.

From Turned Away at the Gate

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وَقَالَ مَنْ سَمَّعَ سَمَّعَ اللهُ بِهِ، وَمَنْ رَاءَى رَاءَى اللهُ بِهِ

And he said: 'Whoever seeks to be heard, Allah will make him heard, and whoever seeks to be seen, Allah will make him seen.'

رَاءَى seeks to be seen

A past-tense verb with its 'he' subject inside, read generally in this conditional frame, here meaning one acts to be seen. It sets the deed whose matching consequence follows.

From The Hidden Idolatry

وَقَالَ مَنْ سَمَّعَ سَمَّعَ اللهُ بِهِ، وَمَنْ رَاءَى رَاءَى اللهُ بِهِ

And he said: 'Whoever seeks to be heard, Allah will make him heard, and whoever seeks to be seen, Allah will make him seen.'

رَاءَى will make him seen

The same verb form repeated as the consequence, now with Allah as doer: He exposes that one to be seen. The echo pairs the deed with its fitting divine response.

From The Hidden Idolatry

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