Arabic vocabulary
ذنب is how you say “sin” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وحين تزلُّ قدمُك فتقول أستغفرُ الله، فالمعنى أطلبُ سترَ الذنب ومحوَ أثره، وأتبعه بإصلاحٍ عمليٍّ يُثبتُ صدق الطلب
And when your foot slips and you say, 'I seek forgiveness from Allah,' the meaning is: I ask for the covering of the sin and the erasure of its effect, and follow it with practical correction proving the sincerity of the request.
الذَّنْبِ — of the sin. Genitive owner of 'covering' — 'the sin' to be hidden. al- makes it the specific lapse just committed.
From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →OpenArabic teaches words like ذنب through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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