B1noun
أَمَل
amal
hope
Example
لا تَفقِدِ الأَمَل.
lā tafqidi l-amal.
Don't lose hope.
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Arabic root
ا-م-ل
2 words from this root family
B2noun
أَمَلٌ
amal
hope / aspiration / worldly expectation
Example
ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ
dharhum yaʾkulū wa-yatamattaʿū wa-yulhihimu al-amal
Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by false hope (15:3)
Grammar
Masculine noun. Plural: آمَالٌ (āmāl). Distinguished from رَجَاء (hope in God) — أَمَل often has a negative connotation of false worldly hopes that distract from the afterlife.
Culture
The Quran warns against being deceived by long-term worldly hopes (ṭūl al-amal) — they breed procrastination in spiritual matters.