Arabic Roots #7

Root: ع-ب-د ['A-b-d] or [3-b-d] 🔘 Meanings:To serve, worship, obey, adore, venerate,To enslave, subjugate 🔘 Common Words/Phrases: 🔸 'Abdullah - ِعَبْدُ اللّٰه - Slave of Allah 🔸 Iyyaaka na'budu - إيّاكَ نَعْبُدُ - It is You who we worship (Surah Fatiha) 🔘 USAGE IN THE QURAN: Words with this root appear 275 times in the...

Arabic Roots #6

Root: ح-س-ن [H-s-n] 🔘 Meanings:Good, beautiful, pleasing, handsomeKindness, excellence 🔘 Common Words/Phrases: 🔸 aHsanta - أَحْسَنْتَ - Well done!🔸 Husn an-niyyah - Good intention 🔸Husn ad-dhann - ّحُسْنُ الظَّن - Good thought/good opinion (about someone) 🔸 Asmaaul Husnaa - The most beautiful names 🔘 USAGE IN THE QURAN: Words with this root appear 194 times...

Arabic Roots #5

Root: ح - م - د [H-m-d]/[7-m-d] 🔘 Meanings: To praise, thank 🔘 Common Phrases/Sentences: 🔸 Alhamdu lillaah - All praise and thanks are for Allah 🔸 Nahmaduhu wa nasta'eenuhu - It is Him we praise and it is Him whose help we seek. 🔸 "Rabbanaa wa la kal hamd, hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaarakan feehi"...

Arabic Roots #4

Root: ا - خ - ر [A-KH-R] 🔘 Meanings:Delay, lag behind, postpone,Late, end, last 🔘 Common Phrases: 🔸Al awwal wal aakhir - The first and the last 🔸 Qablal aakhir - قَبْلَ اَلأَخِير - Before the end 🔸 Wa akhiru dawana anil hamdu lillahi rabbil ‘alamin. And our concluding statement is that, "All praise belongs...

Arabic Roots #3

Root: ك-ب-ر [K-B-R] 🔘 Meanings: Big, old, great,To Grow, increase, amplify,Difficulty, burdensome, overpowering,Pride, Arrogance, to boast. 🔘 Some other words and phrases: Kubr - MagnitudeKibar - Old ageMukabbarah - Magnifying glass akhul akbar - Elder brotherAllahu Akbar - Allah is the greatest Opposite word: Sagheer - صَغِير - Small 🔘 USAGE IN THE QURAN: Words with this root...

Arabic Roots #2

Root: ع-ل-م ['A-L-M] or [3-L-M] [Note: ع ('Ayn) is often typed as 3 when typing in English] 🔘 Meanings: Knowledge, learning, information,Acquaintance, cognition, perception 🔘 Some other words:عَلِيم [3 - aleem - Specialistتَعْلِيم - ta3leem - Teaching (তালিম)أعْلَم - a3lam - More/Most Knowledgeableعَلَم [3 - alam - Flagمَعْلَ - ma3lam - Sign, Markمَعْلُوم - ma3loom...

Arabic Roots #1

New series in sha Allah! The Arabic language has a unique characteristic - almost all words are based on some "root letters". It's seen in other languages too but in Arabic it's*very* prominent. Each root (usually a combination of 3 letters) derives many words, diverse in meaning but somehow all deeply connected. For example, عَقْد...