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فِتْنَة trial in Arabic

فِتْنَة is how you say “trial” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وكذلك من أوجب أن يدعو بعد التشهد بالدعاء المأمور به هناك، وهو الاستعاذة من عذاب جهنم، والقبر، وفتنة المحيا والممات، والدجال،

And likewise for those who obligate supplication after the tashahhud with the commanded supplication there, which is to seek refuge from the torment of Hell, the grave, the trials of life and death, and the Dajjal.

وَفِتْنَةِ and the trials of

'and the trial of' — 'wa' plus 'fitna', genitive, head of an 'of' pairing with 'life'.

From Required Remembrance

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More example sentences

وهو الاستعاذة من عذاب جهنم، والقبر، وفتنة المحيا والممات، والدجال،

And it is seeking refuge from the torment of Hell, the grave, the trials of life and death, and the Dajjal,

وَفِتْنَةِ and trials

'And' plus the first term of another 'of' pairing — 'the trial of life and death'. In the genitive to stay in the list, it leans on the nouns after it to complete its meaning.

From Praise and Petition in Prayer

وتجئ الفتنة فيقول المؤمن هذه مهلكتي، ثم تنكشف؛

And a trial will come, and the believer will say: 'This is my destruction,' then it will pass;

الْفِتْنَةُ the trial

This noun carries 'the' and is the subject of 'comes', placed after the verb. The definite article here points to the trial as a known, expected kind of thing rather than a brand-new one.

From A Prophet Warns His People

وتجئ الفتنة فيقول المؤمن هذه هذه،

And the trial will come, and the believer will say: 'This is it, this is it,'

الْفِتْنَةُ the trial

This noun carries 'the' and is the subject of 'comes', placed after the verb, with the definite article marking the trial as a known recurring kind.

From A Prophet Warns His People

مَنْ قَارِبُ الْفِتْنَةِ،

Whoever approaches temptation,

الْفِتْنَةِ the temptation

A definite noun carrying 'the', the owned half of 'approacher of temptation', so it takes the 'of...' ending. It names the trial or moral danger drawn near. Being the object of the participle, it is the thing whose nearness brings the loss of safety.

From Vigilance Against Worldly Deception

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