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Level A2

Guidance and Knowledge

9 Quranic words · ~15 min

Focus: Words about guidance, knowledge, and truth

Lesson overview

Guidance and Knowledge is a level A2 Quranic vocabulary lesson of 9 words: 9 nouns. Its words come from 9 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.

Word list

ArabicMeaningTypeRoot
رَسُولٌ
rasūl
messengernounر-س-ل
نَبِيٌّ
nabīy
prophetnounن-ب-أ
مَلَكٌ
malak
angelnounم-ل-ك
مُؤْمِنٌ
muʾmin
believernounأ-م-ن
كَافِرٌ
kāfir
disbeliever / deniernounك-ف-ر
ظُلْمٌ
ẓulm
injustice / wrongdoing / oppressionnounظ-ل-م
تَوْبَةٌ
tawbah
repentancenounت-و-ب
شُكْرٌ
shukr
gratitude / thankfulnessnounش-ك-ر
عِبَادَةٌ
ʿibādah
worship / devotionnounع-ب-د

Themes these words belong to: Quranic (9)

Sample word cards

رَسُولٌ
rasūl
Root: ر-س-ل
messenger
نَبِيٌّ
nabīy
Root: ن-ب-أ
prophet
مَلَكٌ
malak
Root: م-ل-ك
angel

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