Arabic vocabulary
الْحَيُّthe Ever-Living
How to say “the Ever-Living” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ حَتَّى تَخْتِمَ الْآيَةَ،
Allah—there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer—until you finish the verse,
الْحَيُّ — the Ever-Living. A definite epithet with 'the', describing God as ever-living; its nominative ending marks it as a further statement about the topic 'God' at the verse's start. It stands in apposition, adding a divine attribute to the opening name.
From: The Verse of the Throne →
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