Lesson 3: The Minaret Speaks (2) Flashcards
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عَهْد
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time: era
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جُنُوْد
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army; soldiers
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كَسَرَ (i)
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defeat
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سَاحَة
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square; place; arena
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بُرْهَان
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proof
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عَزِيْمَة
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determination
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غَلَبَ (i)
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conquer; vanquish; defeat; beat
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كَثْرَة
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majority; great number
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دَوِيّ
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echo; ring; sound
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آثَار
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signs; marks; impressions
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خَالِدَة
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unforgettable; glorious; everlasting
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نَهَضَ (a)
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to rise; attack resolutely
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طَرَدَ (u)
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banish; exile; drive away; dismiss; expel
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مُنَظَّمَة
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organisation
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سَبَقَ (i, u)
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to anticipate; to surpass
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عَمِلَ (a)
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to do
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وَزَّعَ (II)
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distribute; divide
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عِدَّة
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number; many; numerous; several
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وَسُعَ (u)
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encompass; include
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أَنْشَأَ (IV)
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to build; construct
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مَسِيْرَة
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distance; route; journey
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مَنَازِل
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apartments; homes
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زَالَ (u)
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come to an end
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غَبَطَ (i)
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to envy
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عَاصِمَة
capital city
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مَدْفَن
cemetery
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تَخَلَّفَ (V)
remain
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خَلَفَ (u)
succeed; to be the successor
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اِسْتَرَدَّ (X)
demand back; reclaim
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مُلْك
rule; reign
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مُسَاعَدَة
support; backing; aid; help
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مَرَقَ (u)
renounce
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اِخْتَرَعَ (VIII)
create; invent; devise
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عَانَدَ (III)
oppose; resist
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أَنْجَى (IV)
to save; rescue
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مُصَاحَبَة
company
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اِتَّخَذَ (VIII)
occupy; to take
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دُوْنَ
below; beneath; under
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حَفِيْد
grandson; descendent; offspring
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اِضْمَحَلَّ
disappear; vanish; decrease
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قَلَبَ (i)
change; transform
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تَيَّار
trend; current; movement
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غَيَّرَ (II)
change; alter; modify
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اِنْتَصَرَ (VIII)
to be victorious; to gain a victory; triumph
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مُبْتَدِع
innovator; creator; heretic
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دَوْلَة
dynasty; power; state
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سَعِدَ (a)
lucky; fortunate; to be happy
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خَدَمَ (i, u)
serve; work
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صَنَّفَ (II)
to compile; compose; write
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دَرَّسَ (II)
to teach; to instruct
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عَلَّامَة
very learned
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سَعِيْد
lucky; happy; felicitous
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جِوَار
proximity; neighbourhood
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جَامِع
great mosque; central mosque
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قَلْعَة
citadel; fortress; fort
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دُرَّة
pearl
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يَتِيْمَة
unique if its kind; unequaled; unmatched; incomparable
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وَدَّ (a)
love; like; want; wish
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بَرِحَ (a)
to move; leave
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رَشِيْد
rightly guided
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تَدْوِيْن
recording; writing down
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أَبْطَلَ (IV)
to pin down; hold down
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مُكُوْس
taxes
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مَظَالِم
wrongs; acts of injustice
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جِزْيَة
tax
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نَصَّبَ (II)
set up
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مُحْتَسِب
treasurer; bursar
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سُوْء
evil; offence; calamity
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حَظّ
fortune; destiny; fate
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سُوْء خَظّ
unfortunately
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خُلَفَاء
successors
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اَكْفَاء
equals; competent; adequate
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سِيَاسَة
politics
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أَصْبَحَ (IV)
to become
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هَزْل
fun; joking
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اُلْعُوْبَة
toy; play; fun
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اِسْتَبْدَلَ (X)
replace; substitute
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خُلْقَان
shabby; worn (garment); threadbare
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أَضَاعَ (IV)
waste
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سَرْد
mentioning; enumeration; quoting
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فَارِغ
useless
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أَبْكَى (IV)
to make cry; to move to tears
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فَسَدَ (u, i)
corrupt
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اَخْلَاق
character
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فَشَى (u)
to spread; spread about
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فُجُوْر
immorality
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خُمُوْر
wines; alcoholic beverages
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عَمَّ (u)
spread; prevalent
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مَلَاهٍ
amusement; entertainment; fun; place of entertainment
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كَثُرَ (u)
increase; multiply; grow
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أَقْبَلَ (IV)
to take an interest; come close to; engage
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لَهْو
amusement; entertainment
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رَقْص
dancing; dance
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غِنَاء
singing; song
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بَعَثَ (a)
to send
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نَزَلَ (i)
be revealed
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جَاهِلِيَّة
state of ignorance
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أَهْلَكَ (IV)
ruin; destroy
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مُتْرَفُوْنَ
the rich
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فَسَقَ (u, i)
to stray; deviate; act unlawfully
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دَمَّرَ (II)
to annihilate; destroy; ruin; demolish; wreck
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تَدْمِيْر
annihilation; destruction; demolition
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بَطْش
strength; power; force
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سَيْل
flood
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زُبًى
elevated place above the waterline
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بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى
the matter reached a climax; things came to a head
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طَمَّ (u)
overflow; flood
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وَادٍ
valley; river
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قُرًى
village; hamlet; small town
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عِبَاد
mankind; humanity; people; men
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بَأْس
strength; courage
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ذُوْ بَأْس
courageous; brave
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خِلَال
during; between
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دِيَار
residences; dwellings; abodes; homes
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جَاسَ (u) خِلَالَ
look around in
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نَيِّف
excess; overplus; surplus; some; and some; odd
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سَالَ (i)
to flow; stream
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دِمَاء
blood
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غَمَدَ (i, u)
to sheathe; put into the scabbard; cover
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وَفِقَ (a)
to be right; proper; suitable; fit; appropriate
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سَكْرَة
intoxication; drunkenness
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قَصْعَة
large bowl; kettle
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غَارَة
raid; invasion; attack
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نَهْب
robbery
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سَلْب
looting; robbing
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إِهَانَة
insult
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جَلَاء
evacuation; withdrawal
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خَرِبَ (a)
to be or become destroyed; ruined; waste
