Arabic vocabulary

نَافِلَةٌsupererogatory in Arabic

نَافِلَةٌ is how you say “supererogatory” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وعن الحسن قال إن هذه القلوب تحيى وتموت فإذا حييت فاحملوها على النافلة، وإذا ماتت فاحملوها على الفريضة
Al-Hasan said, 'Indeed, these hearts live and die. When they are alive, push them toward extra acts of worship; and when they die, push them toward the obligatory acts.'
النَّافِلَةِ — supererogatory acts. Definite by al' and genitive by the preposition before it; it names the voluntary acts the hearts are urged toward.
From: Reviving the Heart →

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