A study of « near-synonyms » drawn from the Qur’anic Arabic method: words of close meaning, distinguished by their etymology and Qur’anic context. Choose a near-synonym study below.
- Near-synonyms: light, shadow, clouds and rain
- Near-synonyms: sea and mountain, gardens and fruits
- Near-synonyms: camels, horses and ships
- Near-synonyms: the human being and the family
- Near-synonyms: houses, castles and chambers
- Near-synonyms: to ascend and to descend
- Near-synonyms: to go, to come, to return and to stay
- Near-synonyms: to stand up, to sit, to lie down, to sleep and to wake up
- Near-synonyms: to see and to look, to hear and to listen, to feel
- Near-synonyms: to speak and to be silent
- Near-synonyms 1: spirit and soul; heart and intellect; body
- Near-synonyms 2: to know and to act; to understand and to be aware
- Near-synonyms 3: to want and to be able
- Near-synonyms 4: to love and to fear
- Near-synonyms 5: to hope, to despair and to be angry
- Near-synonyms 6: to believe (think) and to doubt
- Near-synonyms 7: good and bad deeds; reward and punishment
- Near-synonyms 8: religion, way, interpretation
- Near-synonyms 9: generosity and avarice
- Near-synonyms 10: creation and mercy
- Near-synonyms: the poor
- Near-synonyms: the years
- Near-synonyms: « perhaps » (laʿalla and ʿasā)
- Near-synonyms: ripeness and maturity
- Near-synonyms: garments
Learn Qur’anic Arabic
Telling near-synonyms apart is one of the most formative exercises in the language of revelation. It is the work done in our Quranic Arabic course, taught from the Qur’anic text itself.
Institut Imtiyaz teaches its classes in French. The textbook sets out the same method in English, for readers working on their own: Qur’anic Arabic 1: Understanding the Qur’anic language, on Amazon.