Arabic vocabulary
أَلَمَwas pained
How to say “was pained” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَلَوْ زَالَ رَيْنُ الْهَوَى عَنْ بَصَرِ بَصِيرَتِهِ لَرَأَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ شَقِيَ مِنْ حَيْثُ قَدَّرَ السَّعَادَةَ وَاغْتَمَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ ظَنَّ الْفَرَحَ وَأَلِمَ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَرَادَ اللَّذَّةَ
If the veil of desire were lifted from the eyes of his insight, he would see that he is miserable where he thought he was happy, grieved where he thought he was joyous, and in pain where he sought pleasure.
وَأَلِمَ — he was pained. 'And' + past-tense verb, 'he' built in — 'he came to ache'.
From: The Discipline of Foresight →
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