Arabic vocabulary
أَجْنَاد is how you say “soldiers” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَهَذَا أبلغ فِي الإعجاز من مقاومة الْقَوْم بالجنود
And this is a greater miracle than resisting the people with armies.
بِالْأَجْنَادِ — with soldiers. 'Bi-' (with) fused with a broken plural 'troops / soldiers', genitive — 'by means of armies'. The 'bi-' marks the means: God's quiet miracle outdoes resisting them with armies.
From: The Night of the Migration →إِذا سَافر الْمُحب للقاء محبوبه ركبت جُنُوده مَعَه
When the lover travels to meet his beloved, his armies accompany him.
أَجْنَادُهُ — his armies. A broken plural 'troops / armies' with '-hu' (his) attached, the subject of 'rode out', nominative — his inner forces (love, hope, and the rest). The suffix points to the lover.
From: Stages of the Seeker →OpenArabic teaches words like أَجْنَاد through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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