Lesson 3: The Minaret Speaks (2) Flashcards

1
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عَهْد

A

time: era

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جُنُوْد

A

army; soldiers

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كَسَرَ (i)

A

defeat

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سَاحَة

A

square; place; arena

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5
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بُرْهَان

A

proof

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عَزِيْمَة

A

determination

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غَلَبَ (i)

A

conquer; vanquish; defeat; beat

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كَثْرَة

A

majority; great number

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دَوِيّ

A

echo; ring; sound

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آثَار

A

signs; marks; impressions

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خَالِدَة

A

unforgettable; glorious; everlasting

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نَهَضَ (a)

A

to rise; attack resolutely

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طَرَدَ (u)

A

banish; exile; drive away; dismiss; expel

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14
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مُنَظَّمَة

A

organisation

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سَبَقَ (i, u)

A

to anticipate; to surpass

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16
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عَمِلَ (a)

A

to do

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17
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وَزَّعَ (II)

A

distribute; divide

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18
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عِدَّة

A

number; many; numerous; several

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19
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وَسُعَ (u)

A

encompass; include

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أَنْشَأَ (IV)

A

to build; construct

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21
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مَسِيْرَة

A

distance; route; journey

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22
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مَنَازِل

A

apartments; homes

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23
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زَالَ (u)

A

come to an end

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24
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غَبَطَ (i)

A

to envy

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25
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عَاصِمَة

A

capital city

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26
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مَدْفَن

A

cemetery

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27
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تَخَلَّفَ (V)

A

remain

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28
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خَلَفَ (u)

A

succeed; to be the successor

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اِسْتَرَدَّ (X)

A

demand back; reclaim

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مُلْك

A

rule; reign

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31
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مُسَاعَدَة

A

support; backing; aid; help

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32
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مَرَقَ (u)

A

renounce

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33
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اِخْتَرَعَ (VIII)

A

create; invent; devise

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34
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عَانَدَ (III)

A

oppose; resist

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35
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أَنْجَى (IV)

A

to save; rescue

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36
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مُصَاحَبَة

A

company

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37
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اِتَّخَذَ (VIII)

A

occupy; to take

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38
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دُوْنَ

A

below; beneath; under

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39
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حَفِيْد

A

grandson; descendent; offspring

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40
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اِضْمَحَلَّ

A

disappear; vanish; decrease

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41
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قَلَبَ (i)

A

change; transform

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42
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تَيَّار

A

trend; current; movement

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43
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غَيَّرَ (II)

A

change; alter; modify

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44
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اِنْتَصَرَ (VIII)

A

to be victorious; to gain a victory; triumph

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45
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مُبْتَدِع

A

innovator; creator; heretic

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46
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دَوْلَة

A

dynasty; power; state

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47
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سَعِدَ (a)

A

lucky; fortunate; to be happy

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48
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خَدَمَ (i, u)

A

serve; work

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49
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صَنَّفَ (II)

A

to compile; compose; write

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50
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دَرَّسَ (II)

A

to teach; to instruct

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51
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عَلَّامَة

A

very learned

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52
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سَعِيْد

A

lucky; happy; felicitous

53
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جِوَار

A

proximity; neighbourhood

54
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جَامِع

A

great mosque; central mosque

55
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قَلْعَة

A

citadel; fortress; fort

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دُرَّة

A

pearl

57
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يَتِيْمَة

A

unique if its kind; unequaled; unmatched; incomparable

58
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وَدَّ (a)

A

love; like; want; wish

59
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بَرِحَ (a)

A

to move; leave

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رَشِيْد

A

rightly guided

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تَدْوِيْن

A

recording; writing down

62
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أَبْطَلَ (IV)

A

to pin down; hold down

63
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مُكُوْس

A

taxes

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مَظَالِم

A

wrongs; acts of injustice

65
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جِزْيَة

A

tax

66
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نَصَّبَ (II)

A

set up

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مُحْتَسِب

A

treasurer; bursar

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سُوْء

A

evil; offence; calamity

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حَظّ

A

fortune; destiny; fate

70
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سُوْء خَظّ

A

unfortunately

71
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خُلَفَاء

A

successors

72
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اَكْفَاء

A

equals; competent; adequate

73
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سِيَاسَة

A

politics

74
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أَصْبَحَ (IV)

A

to become

75
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هَزْل

A

fun; joking

76
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اُلْعُوْبَة

A

toy; play; fun

77
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اِسْتَبْدَلَ (X)

A

replace; substitute

78
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خُلْقَان

A

shabby; worn (garment); threadbare

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أَضَاعَ (IV)

A

waste

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سَرْد

A

mentioning; enumeration; quoting

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فَارِغ

A

useless

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أَبْكَى (IV)

A

to make cry; to move to tears

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فَسَدَ (u, i)

A

corrupt

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اَخْلَاق

A

character

85
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فَشَى (u)

A

to spread; spread about

86
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فُجُوْر

A

immorality

87
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خُمُوْر

A

wines; alcoholic beverages

88
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عَمَّ (u)

A

spread; prevalent

89
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مَلَاهٍ

A

amusement; entertainment; fun; place of entertainment

90
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كَثُرَ (u)

A

increase; multiply; grow

91
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أَقْبَلَ (IV)

A

to take an interest; come close to; engage

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لَهْو

A

amusement; entertainment

93
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رَقْص

A

dancing; dance

94
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غِنَاء

A

singing; song

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بَعَثَ (a)

A

to send

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نَزَلَ (i)

A

be revealed

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جَاهِلِيَّة

A

state of ignorance

98
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أَهْلَكَ (IV)

A

ruin; destroy

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مُتْرَفُوْنَ

A

the rich

100
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فَسَقَ (u, i)

A

to stray; deviate; act unlawfully

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دَمَّرَ (II)

A

to annihilate; destroy; ruin; demolish; wreck

102
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تَدْمِيْر

A

annihilation; destruction; demolition

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بَطْش

A

strength; power; force

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سَيْل

A

flood

105
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زُبًى

A

elevated place above the waterline

106
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بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى

A

the matter reached a climax; things came to a head

107
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طَمَّ (u)

A

overflow; flood

108
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وَادٍ

A

valley; river

109
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قُرًى

A

village; hamlet; small town

110
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عِبَاد

A

mankind; humanity; people; men

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بَأْس

A

strength; courage

112
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ذُوْ بَأْس

A

courageous; brave

113
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خِلَال

A

during; between

114
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دِيَار

A

residences; dwellings; abodes; homes

115
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جَاسَ (u) خِلَالَ

A

look around in

116
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نَيِّف

A

excess; overplus; surplus; some; and some; odd

117
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سَالَ (i)

A

to flow; stream

118
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دِمَاء

A

blood

119
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غَمَدَ (i, u)

A

to sheathe; put into the scabbard; cover

120
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وَفِقَ (a)

A

to be right; proper; suitable; fit; appropriate

121
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سَكْرَة

A

intoxication; drunkenness

122
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قَصْعَة

A

large bowl; kettle

123
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غَارَة

A

raid; invasion; attack

124
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نَهْب

A

robbery

125
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سَلْب

A

looting; robbing

126
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إِهَانَة

A

insult

127
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جَلَاء

A

evacuation; withdrawal

128
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خَرِبَ (a)

A

to be or become destroyed; ruined; waste