Vocabulary Qasas-un-Nabiyeen Volume I – Arabic
Basic Meaning
town, village, small city. He sells idols They prostrate He worships intelligent, intellectual, smart, cunning, bright, admirable He recognizes, knows rock (You or it/they) speak, utter (You, it/they) hear, listen (You or it/they) bring harm, make make the situation negative (You or it/they) benefit fly, insect, mosquito He sits (You or it/they) fend off, ward off, send away, repel, parry mouse, rat He eats prevent, prevent, hinder, stop stop He asks advice You put You drink He gets angry He understands He advises
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I break, demolish thereupon, then become happy, happy, become become at ease ease He exited, left children sick, slightly ill, uneasy, bad feeling remained behind, remained, stayed remained silent, (You or it/they) say, speak, utter, pronounce He took, got axe, hatchet idol He hung, suspended, dangled He returned He intended, decided He become amazed, astonished, surprised etc. They become shocked, amazed to a higher degree He become regretful They became angry lords, gods He is able to He walks He moves The understand, come to realize, become enlightened They become ashamed cold They gathered, grouped, collected He insulted, offended punishment punishment recompense Burn! imperative 2
They ignited They threw cool happy intact, safe one star It disappeared, vanished rise die, perish powerful powerful morning cloud, clouds remaining worlds, universes He guidde He made close/good friend He commanded, demanded We found enemy He created me He feeds me He give me to drink He cures me He gives me death He gives me life, resurrect in front of king, master, leader He requested, asked He came
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He feared dumb, stupid bring (with (with ‘ ’ after it) He sees gentle, kind, soft hearted He became regretful He travels He bade farewell He intended (to travel somewhere) grass well river, lake, small sea human being reached Desce escend ndeed (w (with ith ‘
’, = eent nter er))
then (in reply) He wastes us become thirsty thirsty give drink run put blessings blessings in, in, bless city, country, state dream return, come back a time, period meet become happy, happy, glad glad He plays He loves, likes He slaughters dream, sleep
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think, ponder knife reach lie down throat succeed ram build transfer mountains Accept! (a request) face, turn to make circles around pray near, withi resided furthest around amazing, strange child, boy beautiful, beautiful, handsome handsome all He became astonished, amazed to relate, narrate high status, matter glad tiding, good news grand-father, great-grand-father temperaments overpower to inform envy, be jealous
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enemy youth It intensifed to throw sincere, pure to agree upon delegation They agreed upon opinion to send to decide firmly evil governor always graze (sheep) protectors protectors wolf unaware never to give permission jungle, forest forest deep dark alone to give glad tidings Do not grieve He will be present soon become relieved relieved from, from, finish finish brothers brothers sign, indication blood
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ram to paint, colour to believe evening, night to race belongings belongings false to wound, cut to rip, tare painted, painted, coloured coloured story fabricated, made up bed to forget remember, mention scary, frightening palace group travel, journey to become thirsty to search to dangle (a bucket) bucket to pull back, snatch heavy take out, drive out, expel glad tiding to conceal, hide to call out, announce to buy dirhams, silver coins
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a few, numbered to sell merchants woman, wife You (female) show respect ! She seduced treachery, disloyalty to refuse never be good, favour favour to complain trust-worthy those who are disloyal angel noble jail, prison prison innocent lecture, advise, exhortation to revere, respect highly to relate, narrate squeeze juice wine to lift, carry bread interpretation land sea provision provision rain to laugh to deserve, be worthy, have a right to
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free courageous generous open-hearted speak out, be vocal be generous generous need, necessity to drive, push to become soft, soften to become humble, submit obey to rush, hasten I inform, tell become content, content, satisfie satisfied d teach opportunity begin, commence commence to give I followed, adopted way of life My forefathers only, just pause, stand stand lords, gods to be separate, dispersed all-powerful Show me! partnership partnership besides, besides, other than than names
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You named it judgement judgement kingdom strong, firm to hang You mention, remember years cows fat thin, emaciated ears, stocks fresh, green dry advisers companionate miserliness to indicate, guide solution, plan to farm, plant to harvest famine, drought general, encompassing preserve, preserve, stock up up to prolong help, victory to prosper, be fertile very truthful become desirous desirous choose, select for one’s self investigation
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be pleased pleased likewise, thus yesterday be treacherous, treacherous, betray betray great in terms of his soul refuse (to accept disgrace) great in intellect wait, stay rush, hasten, run issue, matter innocent treasures trust scarce, less treachery, betrayal be treacherous treacherous to waist rulers, governors dogs wear, cloth to benefit (someone else) protective protective knowledgeable to benefit (yourself) to shy from, be ashamed of trustworthy to relax famine to turn towards, proceed towards
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They think, believe Rejectors, those who are unaware to humiliate, disgrace speak to to be distant, far once to test to put, place to trust, have faith in, believe to return (back) price, cost cost right, share to make a firm promise witness separate, dispersed to reside (someone) time, age path, way, way, method It is possible withhold, keep behind reason, cause vessel, glass, cup expensive to announce announcer, caller to move attention towards They are missing drinking cup load camel sow corruption
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repay, punish become ashamed ashamed slander kind, generous forbearing Those are good to others refuge since to ponder to cause grief to refuse, reject unseen, hidden hand test, try to gather, collect calamity, hardship hidden wisdom concealed to make happy, please bestow blessing blessing perhaps, perhaps, hopefully hopefully piece, part, part, portion portion to renew, rekindle grief, sadness, sorrow my sorrow to depart, stop, seize (with ‘laa’ before it: to continue) to blame to parish, die, be destroyed to complain anguish, distress 13
despair hope to search to make effort to loose hope to conceal to control, to own, possess ignorant, unaware doubt, uncertainty to favour to fear wrong-doers meeting separation be pleasant, pleasant, enjoyable enjoyable become manifes manifest, t, apparent apparent become cool cool become blind blind possessor possessor of eyesight eyesight to travel, journey He sensed smell, odour, fragrance He returned Seek forgiveness! (imperative) to welcome blessed blessed thrown to fall in prostration pure, nice, nice, good gratitude
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best, beauty beauty conclusion, end result occupy (someone) to change, alter to rule, govern to implement abundant, much, many to consider to raise alive, resurrect dreams, matters originator, creator guardian, protector give death
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