Arabic vocabulary
How to say “strive” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فاقتدهِد في كسر شَهَواتها، وحملها على ما يرضي ربك، واصبر على ذلك، فإن العاقبة حميدة
So strive to break its desires, compel it to what pleases your Lord, and be patient with that, for the outcome is praiseworthy.
اقْتَدِهْدْ — strive. A command form telling one person to strive hard, with the 'you' understood and unspoken as imperatives are. It is built from the bare ordering shape of the verb for exerting oneself.
From: Struggling Against the Self →OpenArabic teaches words like اجْتَهِدْ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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