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حَالَةٌ state in Arabic

حَالَةٌ is how you say “state” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَلْيَعْلَمِ الْعَاقِلُ أَنَّ مُدْمِنِي الشَّهَوَاتِ يَصِيرُونَ إِلَى حَالَةٍ لَا يَلْتَذُّونَهَا

Let the rational person know that those addicted to desires end up in a state where they no longer enjoy them.

حَالَةٍ state

Indefinite and genitive after 'to' — 'a certain condition'; it then opens onto a describing clause.

From The Discipline of Foresight

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More example sentences

فتقلبت في أعجب الحالات إلى حين البروز،

It transformed through amazing states until the time of emergence.

الحَالَاتِ states

The owned half of 'the most amazing of states', in the genitive because it completes the superlative pairing. The ending and order convey the 'of' with no separate word, naming the set from which the most amazing is drawn.

From God's Promise of New Life

وَلَهُ مَعَهُمْ حَالَتَانِ

And for him, with them, are two situations.

حَالَتَانِ two situations

This noun is in the dual, Arabic's dedicated 'exactly two' form, so the count of two is folded into the word's ending rather than spelled out with a separate 'two'. It is the thing said to exist 'for him', so the dual ending alone tells you there are precisely two situations.

From Three States of the Heart

فَالْحَالَةُ الْعَامَّةُ أَنَّ الْقَلْبَ لَا يَكُونُ عَلَى صِفَتِهِ مِنَ الْيَقَظَةِ عِنْدَ سَمْعِ الْمَوْعِظَةِ وَبَعْدِهَا؛

Generally, the heart is not in a state of wakefulness when hearing an admonition and afterward.

فَالْحَالَةُ so the state

This fuses the connector 'so/then' onto a definite noun bearing 'the', resuming the discussion. The noun is the topic the rest of the long sentence will explain.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness

وَهَذِهِ حَالَةٌ تَعُمُّ الْخَلْقَ؛

And this is a state that pervades the people.

حَالَةٌ a state

This indefinite noun is the predicate equated with 'this'; with no verb between, the identity is stated by placement. A describing clause follows it.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness

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