Arabic vocabulary
حَلْقslitting the throat
How to say “slitting the throat” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فِي عَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا كَالْجَلْدَ وَالرِّجَامَ وَالْحَلْقَ
In the immediate worldly life, such as flogging, stoning, and slitting the throat.
وَالْحَلْقَ — and slitting the throat. The wa- coordinates this as a third item in the example list, sharing the (genitive) governed by 'such as'. Its al- makes it definite. It adds a further sample of the worldly punishments named.
From: On Reason and Temptation →
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