Arabic vocabulary
How to say “worlds” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
فقال إذا قال العبد ﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾ قال الله حمدني عبدي،
He said: "When the servant says: 'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds,' Allah says: 'My servant has praised Me.'
الْعَالَمِينَ — the worlds. Genitive owner of 'Lord' — 'the worlds, all creation'; sound masculine plural genitive.
From: Praise and Petition in Prayer →وكذلك يوم القيامة، يبعث الناس من قبورهم، فيقومون لرب العالمين
Similarly on the Day of Judgment, people will be resurrected from their graves and will stand before the Lord of the worlds.
الْعَالَمِينَ — of the worlds. The completing half of 'lord of the worlds', so it carries the possessive case and the 'the' that defines the phrase. It is a plural naming all creation; set beside the first noun with no word for 'of', it tells whose Lord is meant.
From: Celebration and the Final Hour →فأحرى أَن يسلم المستعيذ بِرَبّ الْعَالمين من الشَّيْطَان الْعَدو اللعين
Then it is more likely that the one who seeks refuge with the Lord of the worlds will be safe from the accursed enemy, Satan.
العَالَمِينَ — of the worlds. This owner noun completes the 'Lord of the worlds' possessive pairing, so it sits in the governed form. Its ending also marks a plural group, and being the owner it fixes exactly whose Lord is meant.
From: Ten Daily Supplications →OpenArabic teaches words like عَالَمِين through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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