بلى yes in Arabic
بلى is how you say “yes” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
قالوا بلى يا رسول الله، قال تسبحون، وتحمدون، وتكبرون، خلف كل صلاة ثلاثًا وثلاثين
They said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'You should glorify Allah, praise Him, and declare His greatness after every prayer thirty-three times.'
بَلَى Yes
This is a special 'yes' — the one used to AFFIRM after a negative question. The Prophet's 'shall I NOT teach you?' carried a 'not', so a plain 'yes' would be ambiguous; this word specifically means 'yes, [do teach us]', overturning the negative. Arabic keeps it distinct from the ordinary 'yes'.
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قال بلى
He said, 'Yes, you did.'
بلى Yes
A special 'yes' used only to contradict a negative question. Where English just repeats 'yes', Arabic has a dedicated word for affirming after a 'didn't you?', meaning 'yes, I did'.