Arabic vocabulary
اِمْتِحَان is how you say “trial” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَأَنْزَلَهُ إِلَى دَارِ الْذُّلِّ وَالْهَوانِ وَالْبَلَاءِ وَالْاِمْتِحَانِ
And He sent him down to the abode of humiliation, abasement, affliction, and trial.
وَالْاِمْتِحَانِ — and trial. The 'wa-' adds the final item ('trial') to the list of the abode's qualities, closing the parallel string. It shares the genitive ending of the chain, so all four nouns hang together as one description of the dwelling.
From: The Four Inner Guards →OpenArabic teaches words like اِمْتِحَان through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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