Glossary Lesson 6 Flashcards
(18 cards)
دِيْنٌ
Religion
Judgment, accountability, or recompense (in certain contexts)
دين
dīnun/dīn
مَوَدَّةٌ
مودة
Affection
Love
Fondness
Kindness
ma-wad-dah/ma-wad-dah
ٌمَدِيْنَة
مدينة
City or Town
ma-dee-nah
وَجْهٌ
Face
Can also mean: aspect, side, or direction (depending on context)
وجة
wajh
قَمَرٌ
Moon
قمر
qamar
خَلِيْفَةٌ
Successor
Caliph (Islamic leader)
Deputy or Representative
vicegerent.l
خليفة
kha-lee-fah
حَيَاةٌ
Life
حياة
ḥayāh (ha-yaa-ah)
اِبْنٌ
Son
ابن
ibn (with a short “i” sound, like “ib-n”)
سَمْعٌ
Hearing
Listening
سمع
sam‘ (pronounced like “sam” with a slight glottal stop at the end)
بَصَرٌ
“Sight” or “vision”
بصر
Baṣarun
فُؤَادٌ
“Heart”, often in the emotional or spiritual sense (similar to “soul” or “core of being”
فؤاد
The hamzah (ء) in the middle is pronounced like a glottal stop.
Stressed on the second syllable: fu-ʾĀD
Fuʾād:
كَمَالٌ
“Perfection”, “completeness”, or “wholeness”
كمال
Kamāl/ka-MĀL
عَاقِلٌ
“Sane”, “wise”, or “rational”
Pronunciation:
The letter ع is a deep voiced pharyngeal sound.
Pronounced like: ʿaa-qil (with a long “aa” sound at the start).
عاقل
ʿĀqil / Ā-qil
نَاسٌ
People
ناس
Nās/nās
لماذا
Why?
لماذا
لِـ (li) — a preposition meaning “for” or “to” (used here as a question particle to indicate cause or reason).
ماذا (mādhā) — an interrogative pronoun meaning “what”.
Together, لماذا literally means “for what reason?”, used to ask “why?”
Limādhā/Limādhā
عَبَدَ/يَعْبُدُ
To Worship
He worships
عبد / يعبد
Pronounced ya-ʿbud, with the ʿ being the pharyngeal sound.
The يـ prefix means “he” (third person masculine singular)
ʿAbd/ Yaʿbud
نَفَعَ / يَنْفَعُ
ينفع/نفع
To benefit
يَنْفَعُ is the present tense (المضارع), third person masculine singular form of the verb نفع (nafaʿa).
It follows the يفعل (yaf‘ulu) verb pattern for Form I verbs.
Meaning: He/It benefits or He/It is useful.
Yanfaʿu/Nafaʿa
طَلَبَ/يَطْلُبُ
To Seek /
He seeks
Pronounced: yaṭ-lub
Ṭalab/ṭa-lab/Yaṭlubʿ
