Arabic vocabulary
النَّفْسُ is how you say “the soul” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
قُلْتُ وَالنَّفْسُ فِيهَا قُوَّتَانِ قُوَّةُ الإِقْدَامِ وَقُوَّةُ الإِحْجَامِ
I said, and the soul, in it are two powers: the power of taking action and the power of refraining.
وَالنَّفْسُ — and the soul. wa- opens the quoted reflection, marking 'the soul' as the definite topic. The conjunction links it onto the prior point, and the al- names the known thing being discussed.
From: Patience and the Human Self →OpenArabic teaches words like النَّفْسُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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