الصَّلاةُ خَيْرٌ مِن الْنَّوْمِ: “Prayer is better than sleep” – Is it really “better”?
The Islamic call to prayer is a tricky construction. In Sunni Islam, the muezzin uses khayr (خير) which strangely denotes a comparative (better). Why?
Arabic letters without dots – Does it work?
Arabic used to be written without dots in ancient times. At least it did, a long time ago. Could you read such sentences?
Does the negation with ما or لَمْ convey the same meaning?
Both ma ما and lam لَمْ can negate the past tense. How and when should they be used?
What does Dunya mean?
The word الدُّنْيا (al-Dunya) means the world. But that is only the interpretation of the word - but not the literal meaning!