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حَسْبُنَا sufficient for us in Arabic

حَسْبُنَا is how you say “sufficient for us” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

They said, "God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs."

حَسْبُنَا sufficient for us

A noun 'sufficiency/enough' with an 'us' pronoun fused on, meaning 'enough for us'. It serves as the predicate placed first, with the divine name as its delayed subject; Arabic freely fronts the predicate like this. The attached pronoun marks the speakers as those for whom God suffices.

From Trust and Piety

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فِي قَوْلِهِ وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Concerning His saying, "They said, 'God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs.'"

حَسْبُنَا sufficient for us

A noun 'sufficiency/enough' with an 'us' pronoun fused on, meaning 'enough for us', placed first as the predicate of a verbless sentence. The divine name following is its delayed subject; Arabic freely fronts the predicate this way. The attached pronoun marks the speakers as those served.

From Trust and Piety

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