Arabic vocabulary
زَاهِدٍ is how you say “the ascetic” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فَالزُّهْدُ عَلَى الزَّاهِدِ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْحُلَى عَلَى النَّاهِدِ
So asceticism on the ascetic is better than adornment on the one who displays herself.
الزَّاهِدِ — the ascetic. Definite noun, 'the ascetic', governed by 'on' into the owned form. It names who asceticism sits upon; the 'the' marks the known type of person who renounces.
From: Silence and Supplication →OpenArabic teaches words like زَاهِدٍ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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