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Arabic can be frustrating – when you know all words but don’t understand the expression. You need the historical or cultural background or the grammar to get the meaning.
How are family names constructed in Arabic?
In Europe or the USA we have a first name (given name), maybe a middle name, and a surname (family name). How is it in the Arab world?
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?
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!