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لفظ utterance in Arabic

لفظ is how you say “utterance” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

والأفضلُ أن تجمعَ اللفظَ والحضور تردِّد لا إلهَ إلا الله وأنت تفكّ قيودَ قلبِك من كلِّ معبودٍ باطلٍ صورة، مال، هوى

And it is better to combine the utterance and presence: you repeat 'None is worthy of worship except Allah' while freeing your heart from all false gods: images, wealth, desires.

اللَّفْظَ the utterance

'the utterance', accusative as the first object of 'combine'. The spoken words, one half of what is to be united.

From Turning Daily Words into Worship

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More example sentences

وأمثال ذَلِك مِمَّا اسْتعْمل فِيهِ لفظ الْكَلِمَة من الْكتاب وَالسّنة بل وَسَائِر كَلَام الْعَرَب فَإِنَّمَا يُرَاد بِهِ الْجُمْلَة التَّامَّة

And the likes of that from the usage of the term (the word) in the Book and the Sunnah, as well as the rest of Arab speech, for it indeed means the complete sentence.

لَفْظُ term

'the wording, term', the subject of the passive 'was used', nominative, and head of an 'of' pairing with 'the word' — 'the term [kalima]'.

From The Declaration of Faith

كَمَا كَانُوا يستعملون الْحَرْف فِي الِاسْم فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا حرف غَرِيب أَي لفظ الِاسْم غَرِيب

Just as they used to use (letter) for the word, saying: This is a strange letter, meaning the word itself is strange.

لَفْظُ the utterance

'the wording of', nominative, and head of an 'of' pairing with 'the noun' — 'the wording OF the word'. It restates 'harf' as 'the word's actual expression'.

From The Declaration of Faith

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