Arabic vocabulary
شُهُودُ is how you say “witnessing” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
فَيُوجب لَهُ شُهُود صِفَات الإلهية الْمحبَّة الْخَاصَّة والشوق إِلَى لِقَائِه
Thus, witnessing divine attributes obliges him to have special love and longing to meet Him…
شُهُودُ — witnessing. A verbal noun 'beholding', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the witnessing of the divine attributes' — nominative as the subject of 'necessitates'. It owns the noun that follows.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →وَيُوجب لَهُ شُهُود صِفَات الربوبية التَّوَكُّل عَلَيْهِ والافتقار إِلَيْهِ
And witnessing attributes of lordship obliges him to rely on Him and feel needy of Him…
شُهُودُ — witnessing. A verbal noun 'beholding', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the witnessing of the attributes of lordship' — nominative as the subject of 'necessitates'. It owns the noun that follows.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →OpenArabic teaches words like شُهُودُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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