Arabic vocabulary
How to say “weight” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
لذلك جاء في القرآن ﴿فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ﴾، ولم يقل من رجحت سيئاته؛ لأن السيئات لا تُعطي صاحبها وزنًا محمودًا، بل تُسقطه
Therefore, it is mentioned in the Quran: 'So those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful ones,' and it does not say: 'whose bad deeds outweigh,' because bad deeds do not give their owner a praiseworthy weight; rather, they bring him down.
وَزْنًا — weight. 'weight', accusative as the second object of 'give' — 'give him weight'. Indefinite.
From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →وعلى الضدّ من ذلك مَن لم تبقَ له حسنةٌ معتبرة وقد قضاها على الباطل فلا يقوم له وزن؛ أعماله كالسراب أو الرماد في يومٍ عاصف
And on the contrary: whoever has no significant good deeds left—having wasted them on falsehood—has no weight; his deeds are like a mirage or ashes on a stormy day.
وَزْنٌ — weight. 'weight', nominative indefinite — the subject of 'stands'. Under the negation, 'no weight at all holds up for him'.
From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →وصدقةٌ رياءً تفقد وزنها قبل أن تمسّ الكفّة
and charity with hypocrisy loses its weight before it even touches the scale.
وَزْنَهَا — its weight. 'its weight', accusative object with 'its' (feminine, the charity) attached.
From: When Hidden Deeds Are Shown →الكافر لا يقوم له وزنٌ لأن أعماله لا ترتبط بأصل الحقّ؛
The disbeliever has no weight because his deeds are not connected to the source of truth;
وَزْنٌ — weight. 'weight', nominative as the delayed subject of 'stands', indefinite — under the negation, none at all.
From: When Hidden Deeds Are Shown →﴿وَالْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْحَقُّ﴾
The weighing on that Day will be true:
وَالْوَزْنُ — And the weighing. 'and the weighing' — 'wa' plus 'al-wazn', fronted subject, nominative; the verbal noun of weighing.
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