Arabic vocabulary
How to say “this” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وقد وصف لنا شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية هذه المرحلة وصفًا يكشف لنا حقيقتها وخصائصها وميزاتها وما لها وما عليها،
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah described this phase with a description that reveals its nature, characteristics, and advantages and disadvantages,
هَذِهِ — this. 'this', a demonstrative paired with 'phase', accusative.
From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →وَمن خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْحبّ لله والإنابة إِلَيْهِ والعكوف بِالْقَلْبِ عَلَيْهِ والشوق إِلَيْهِ والأنس بِهِ فلذته ونعيمه اسْتِعْمَال هَذِه الْقُوَّة فِي ذَلِك
And for those created with the power of love for Allah, and returning to Him, and devotion to Him with the heart, and longing for Him, and intimacy with Him, their pleasure and bliss is in using this strength for those purposes.
هَذِهِ — this. A demonstrative, feminine, 'this', pairing with the definite noun after it — 'this power'. It points to the God-loving faculty.
From: Directing Desire Toward God →وَسَائِر اللَّذَّات دون هَذِه اللَّذَّة مضمحلة فانية
And all pleasures other than this pleasure are fleeting and perishable.
هَذِهِ — this. A demonstrative, feminine, 'this', pairing with the definite noun after it — 'this pleasure'. It points to the joy of loving God.
From: Directing Desire Toward God →وهذه الآية الدالة على قدرة الخالق سبحانه نظير إخراجه اللبن الخالص من بين الفرث والدم
And this verse, which indicates the power of the Creator, glorified is He, is like His bringing forth pure milk from between filth and blood.
وَهَذِهِ — And this. A feminine 'this' that points to a specific, nearby thing and agrees in gender with the noun it introduces. Arabic demonstratives carry gender, so the feminine shape here signals that the noun being pointed to is itself grammatically feminine.
From: Creating Life from Nothing →اعلم أن في كل طائفة من علماء هذه الأمة ما يذم ويعاب، فتجنبه
Know that in every group of scholars of this nation, there is what is blameworthy and disgraceful, so avoid it.
هَذِهِ — this. This is a near-pointing demonstrative, 'this', feminine to agree with the feminine noun it precedes, in the genitive as part of the chain. The demonstrative matches its noun's gender, so the feminine form signals a feminine 'nation'.
From: When Recitation Breeds Pride →OpenArabic teaches words like هذه through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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