Vocabulary on Arshad Siddiquihttps://arshadhs.github.io/tags/vocabulary/Recent content in Vocabulary on Arshad SiddiquiHugoen-usSun, 20 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0100Verbs from the Qur'anhttps://arshadhs.github.io/docs/arabic/verb/verbsfromquran/Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/arabic/verb/verbsfromquran/<h2 id="most-frequent-arabic-verbs-in-the-quran"> Most Frequent Arabic Verbs in the Qur’an <a class="anchor" href="#most-frequent-arabic-verbs-in-the-quran">#</a> </h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Word</th> <th>Meaning</th> <th>Frequency</th> <th>Root</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>قَالَ</td> <td>he said</td> <td>1618</td> <td>ق-و-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>كَانَ</td> <td>he was</td> <td>1358</td> <td>ك-و-ن</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ءَامَنَ</td> <td>he believed</td> <td>537</td> <td>أ-م-ن</td> </tr> <tr> <td>عَلِمَ</td> <td>he knew</td> <td>382</td> <td>ع-ل-م</td> </tr> <tr> <td>جَعَلَ</td> <td>he made</td> <td>340</td> <td>ج-ع-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>كَفَرَ</td> <td>he disbelieved</td> <td>289</td> <td>ك-ف-ر</td> </tr> <tr> <td>جَاءَ</td> <td>he came</td> <td>278</td> <td>ج-ي-ء</td> </tr> <tr> <td>عَمِلَ</td> <td>he did/worked</td> <td>276</td> <td>ع-م-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>آتَى</td> <td>he gave</td> <td>271</td> <td>أ-ت-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>رَأَى</td> <td>he saw</td> <td>271</td> <td>ر-أ-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَتَى</td> <td>he came</td> <td>264</td> <td>أ-ت-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>شَاءَ</td> <td>he willed</td> <td>236</td> <td>ش-ي-ء</td> </tr> <tr> <td>خَلَقَ</td> <td>he created</td> <td>184</td> <td>خ-ل-ق</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَنزَلَ</td> <td>he sent down</td> <td>183</td> <td>ن-ز-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>كَذَّبَ</td> <td>he denied</td> <td>176</td> <td>ك-ذ-ب</td> </tr> <tr> <td>دَعَا</td> <td>he called</td> <td>170</td> <td>د-ع-و</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ٱتَّقَىٰ</td> <td>he feared (God)</td> <td>166</td> <td>و-ق-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>هَدَى</td> <td>he guided</td> <td>144</td> <td>ه-د-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَرَادَ</td> <td>he intended</td> <td>139</td> <td>ر-و-د</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ٱتَّبَعَ</td> <td>he followed</td> <td>136</td> <td>ت-ب-ع</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَرْسَلَ</td> <td>he sent</td> <td>130</td> <td>ر-س-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَخَذَ</td> <td>he took</td> <td>127</td> <td>أ-خ-ذ</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ٱتَّخَذَ</td> <td>he took (as)</td> <td>124</td> <td>أ-خ-ذ</td> </tr> <tr> <td>عَبَدَ</td> <td>he worshipped</td> <td>122</td> <td>ع-ب-د</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ظَلَمَ</td> <td>he wronged</td> <td>110</td> <td>ظ-ل-م</td> </tr> <tr> <td>سَأَلَ</td> <td>he asked</td> <td>106</td> <td>س-أ-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>وَجَدَ</td> <td>he found</td> <td>106</td> <td>و-ج-د</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَخْرَجَ</td> <td>he brought out</td> <td>99</td> <td>خ-ر-ج</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَكَلَ</td> <td>he ate</td> <td>93</td> <td>أ-ك-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>لَيْسَ</td> <td>is not</td> <td>89</td> <td>ل-ي-س</td> </tr> <tr> <td>فَعَلَ</td> <td>he did</td> <td>88</td> <td>ف-ع-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>نَظَرَ</td> <td>he looked</td> <td>87</td> <td>ن-ظ-ر</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ذَكَرَ</td> <td>he remembered</td> <td>84</td> <td>ذ-ك-ر</td> </tr> <tr> <td>خَافَ</td> <td>he feared</td> <td>83</td> <td>خ-و-ف</td> </tr> <tr> <td>قَتَلَ</td> <td>he killed</td> <td>83</td> <td>ق-ت-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>رَجَعَ</td> <td>he returned</td> <td>79</td> <td>ر-ج-ع</td> </tr> <tr> <td>سَمِعَ</td> <td>he heard</td> <td>78</td> <td>س-م-ع</td> </tr> <tr> <td>تَوَلَّىٰ</td> <td>he turned away</td> <td>78</td> <td>و-ل-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَمَرَ</td> <td>he commanded</td> <td>77</td> <td>أ-م-ر</td> </tr> <tr> <td>دَخَلَ</td> <td>he entered</td> <td>76</td> <td>د-خ-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>جَزَىٰ</td> <td>he rewarded</td> <td>73</td> <td>ج-ز-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَطَاعَ</td> <td>he obeyed</td> <td>72</td> <td>ط-و-ع</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَوْحَىٰ</td> <td>he revealed</td> <td>72</td> <td>و-ح-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَشْرَكَ</td> <td>he associated</td> <td>71</td> <td>ش-ر-ك</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَلْقَىٰ</td> <td>he cast/threw</td> <td>71</td> <td>ل-ق-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>وَعَدَ</td> <td>he promised</td> <td>70</td> <td>و-ع-د</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَنفَقَ</td> <td>he spent</td> <td>68</td> <td>ن-ف-ق</td> </tr> <tr> <td>غَفَرَ</td> <td>he forgave</td> <td>65</td> <td>غ-ف-ر</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَحَبَّ</td> <td>he loved</td> <td>64</td> <td>ح-ب-ب</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَصَابَ</td> <td>he afflicted</td> <td>64</td> <td>ص-و-ب</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَضَلَّ</td> <td>he misled</td> <td>64</td> <td>ض-ل-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>تَابَ</td> <td>he repented</td> <td>63</td> <td>ت-و-ب</td> </tr> <tr> <td>كَسَبَ</td> <td>he earned</td> <td>62</td> <td>ك-س-ب</td> </tr> <tr> <td>نَزَّلَ</td> <td>he sent down</td> <td>62</td> <td>ن-ز-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>تَلَىٰ</td> <td>he recited</td> <td>61</td> <td>ت-ل-و</td> </tr> <tr> <td>رَزَقَ</td> <td>he provided</td> <td>61</td> <td>ر-ز-ق</td> </tr> <tr> <td>قَضَىٰ</td> <td>he decreed</td> <td>59</td> <td>ق-ض-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>نَصَرَ</td> <td>he helped</td> <td>59</td> <td>ن-ص-ر</td> </tr> <tr> <td>صَبَرَ</td> <td>he was patient</td> <td>58</td> <td>ص-ب-ر</td> </tr> <tr> <td>جَرَىٰ</td> <td>it flowed</td> <td>57</td> <td>ج-ر-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>مَسَّ</td> <td>he touched</td> <td>56</td> <td>م-س-س</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ضَرَبَ</td> <td>he struck</td> <td>55</td> <td>ض-ر-ب</td> </tr> <tr> <td>قَاتَلَ</td> <td>he fought</td> <td>54</td> <td>ق-ت-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَقَامَ</td> <td>he established</td> <td>54</td> <td>ق-و-م</td> </tr> <tr> <td>خَرَجَ</td> <td>he went out</td> <td>53</td> <td>خ-ر-ج</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ضَلَّ</td> <td>he went astray</td> <td>53</td> <td>ض-ل-ل</td> </tr> <tr> <td>بَعَثَ</td> <td>he raised</td> <td>52</td> <td>ب-ع-ث</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَحْيَا</td> <td>he gave life</td> <td>51</td> <td>ح-ي-ي</td> </tr> <tr> <td>تَذَكَّرَ</td> <td>he remembered</td> <td>51</td> <td>ذ-ك-ر</td> </tr> <tr> <td>أَهْلَكَ</td> <td>he destroyed</td> <td>51</td> <td>ه-ل-ك</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ٱفْتَرَىٰ</td> <td>he fabricated</td> <td>50</td> <td>ف-ر-ي</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr> <p><a 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href="#main-directions-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9">#</a> </h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: center">Arabic</th> <th style="text-align: center">Transliteration</th> <th style="text-align: left">Meaning</th> <th style="text-align: left">Example</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center">شَمَال</td> <td style="text-align: center">shamāl</td> <td style="text-align: left">north</td> <td style="text-align: left">ذَهَبَ إِلى <strong>الشَّمَالِ</strong> – He went <strong>to the north</strong>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center">جَنُوب</td> <td style="text-align: center">janūb</td> <td style="text-align: left">south</td> <td style="text-align: left">سَافَرَ إِلى <strong>الجَنُوبِ</strong> – He travelled <strong>to the south</strong>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center">شَرْق</td> <td style="text-align: center">sharq</td> <td style="text-align: left">east</td> <td style="text-align: left">الشَّمْسُ تَطْلُعُ مِنَ <strong>الشَّرْقِ</strong> – The sun rises <strong>from the east</strong>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center">غَرْب</td> <td style="text-align: center">gharb</td> <td style="text-align: left">west</td> <td style="text-align: left">تَغْرُبُ فِي <strong>الغَرْبِ</strong> – It sets <strong>in the west</strong>.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr> <pre class="mermaid"> %% Mermaid flowchart diagram — compass flowchart TB style CENTER fill:#fff,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px N[شَمَال&lt;br/&gt;North] --&gt;|↑| CENTER((●)) S[جَنُوب&lt;br/&gt;South] --&gt;|↓| CENTER W[غَرْب&lt;br/&gt;West] --&gt;|←| CENTER E[شَرْق&lt;br/&gt;East] --&gt;|→| CENTER CENTER --&gt; R[يَمِين&lt;br/&gt;Right] CENTER --&gt; L[يَسَار&lt;br/&gt;Left] classDef dir fill:#f2f8ff,stroke:#2b6cb0; class N,S,W,E,R,L dir; </pre> <hr> <h2 id="-horizontal-directions-الاتجاهات-الجانبية"> ↔️ Horizontal Directions (الاتجاهات الجانبية) <a class="anchor" href="#-horizontal-directions-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9">#</a> </h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: center">Arabic</th> <th style="text-align: center">Transliteration</th> <th style="text-align: left">Meaning</th> <th style="text-align: left">Example</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center">يَمِين</td> <td style="text-align: center">yamīn</td> <td style="text-align: left">right</td> <td style="text-align: left">الجَانِبُ <strong>اليَمِين</strong> – The <strong>right</strong> side</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center">يَسَار / شِمَال</td> <td style="text-align: center">yasār / shimāl</td> <td style="text-align: left">left</td> <td style="text-align: left">الجَانِبُ <strong>اليَسَار</strong> – The <strong>left</strong> side</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>💡 <em>Note:</em> Both <strong>يَسَار</strong> and <strong>شِمَال</strong> mean “left,” though <strong>يَسَار</strong> is more common in Modern Standard Arabic.</p>Vocabulary - Proverbs & Idiomshttps://arshadhs.github.io/docs/arabic/vocabularyproverbs/Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/arabic/vocabularyproverbs/<h1 id="proverbs-and-idioms"> Proverbs and Idioms <a class="anchor" href="#proverbs-and-idioms">#</a> </h1> <p>الأَمْثَال وَالتَّعَابِير العَرَبِيَّة</p> <p>Arabic uses many short expressions that carry <strong>deep meanings</strong>.<br> Some are <strong>general proverbs</strong>, while others are <strong>Islamic expressions</strong> commonly used in daily speech.</p> <hr> <h2 id="part-1-general-arabic-proverbs--idioms"> Part 1: General Arabic Proverbs &amp; Idioms <a class="anchor" href="#part-1-general-arabic-proverbs--idioms">#</a> </h2> <p>These are cultural expressions used in everyday conversation.</p> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>الصَّبْرُ مِفْتَاحُ الفَرَج</strong><br> <em>Patience is the key to relief.</em><br> Used when encouraging someone to stay patient during difficulty.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَد</strong><br> <em>Whoever strives, succeeds.</em><br> Used to motivate effort and hard work.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>كُلُّ تَأْخِيرٍ فِيهِ خَيْر</strong><br> <em>Every delay has good in it.</em><br> Said when something doesn’t happen as expected.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>اليَوْمَ لَكَ وَغَدًا عَلَيْكَ</strong><br> <em>Today it’s for you, tomorrow against you.</em><br> Life changes; don’t be arrogant or hopeless.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>عَلَى قَدِّ لِحَافِكَ مَدَّ رِجْلَيْكَ</strong><br> <em>Stretch your legs according to your blanket.</em><br> Live within your means.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>لِكُلِّ مُجْتَهِدٍ نَصِيب</strong><br> <em>Everyone who strives gets a share.</em><br> Effort is always rewarded in some way.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>دَقَّة بِدَقَّة</strong><br> <em>Tit for tat / action for action.</em><br> Used when actions are repaid in kind.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>لَا نَاقَةَ لِي فِيهَا وَلَا جَمَل</strong><br> <em>I have neither a camel nor a she-camel in it.</em><br> Meaning: <em>It has nothing to do with me.</em></li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>ضَرْبُ عُصْفُورَيْنِ بِحَجَرٍ وَاحِد</strong><br> <em>To kill two birds with one stone.</em><br> Achieving two goals with one action.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>الطُّيُورُ عَلَى أَشْكَالِهَا تَقَع</strong><br> <em>Birds of a feather flock together.</em><br> People with similar traits stick together.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>القِرْدُ بِعَيْنِ أُمِّهِ غَزَال</strong><br> <em>A monkey is a gazelle in his mother’s eyes.</em><br> Parents see their children as perfect.</li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>أَنَا فِي وَادٍ وَأَنْتَ فِي وَادٍ</strong><br> <em>I am in a valley and you are in a valley.</em><br> We are not on the same wavelength.</li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="part-2-islamic-expressions--proverbs"> Part 2: Islamic Expressions &amp; Proverbs <a class="anchor" href="#part-2-islamic-expressions--proverbs">#</a> </h2> <p>These are phrases rooted in <strong>Islamic belief</strong> and commonly used by Muslims.</p>