Arabic vocabulary
How to say “weapon” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وهذا لا يتمكن الشيطان منه إلا بما عنده من سلاحه،
And the devil cannot overpower him except with what he possesses of his weaponry.
سِلَاحِهِ — his weaponry. 'Weapon(s)' with '-hi' (his) attached, genitive after the explanatory 'min' — the weapons belonging to the servant. The devil's only opening is the man's own armory turned against him.
From: How Satan Exploits Weakness →فيدخل الشيطان إليه فيجد سلاحه عنده فيأخذه ويقاتله به؛
The devil enters him and finds his weaponry with him, takes it and fights him with it.
سِلَاحَهُ — his weaponry. 'Weapon(s)' with '-hu' (his) attached, direct object of 'finds', accusative ('-a'). The man's own weapons, lying ready.
From: How Satan Exploits Weakness →فإنّ أسلحته هي الشهوات والشبهات، والخيالات والأماني الكاذبة،
For his weapons are desires, doubts, imaginations, and false hopes.
أَسْلِحَتَهُ — his weapons. A broken plural 'weapons' with '-hu' (his) attached, in the accusative because 'inna' governs it. The subject of the emphatic sentence, the devil's arsenal.
From: How Satan Exploits Weakness →فإذا أَذِنَ العبدُ لعدوه، وفتح له باب بيته، وأدخله عليه، ومَكَّنه من السلاح يقاتله به، فهو المَلُوم
If the servant permits his enemy, opens the door of his house for him, lets him in, and enables him with weaponry to fight him, then he is to blame.
السِّلَاحِ — weaponry. In the genitive after 'min', definite — the weapons. What the enemy is put in command of.
From: How Satan Exploits Weakness →OpenArabic teaches words like سِلَاح through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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