Arabic vocabulary
ذَٰلِكthat in Arabic
ذَٰلِك is how you say “that” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وذلك يشترك فيه أهل اليد والقدرة وأهل العلم والكلام،
This includes both people of power and capability and people of knowledge and speech.
وَذَٰلِكَ — And that. The wa- opens a new statement, and the masculine demonstrative 'that' fused to it points back to the authority just described, serving as the sentence's topic. It frames what kinds of people share in that authority.
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