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آمَن

to believe /ˈʔaː.ma.na/

verbB2#3187 most common

Also: to have faith (in), to trust

Example sentences

هُوَ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ.
He believed in God.
هِيَ تُؤْمِنُ بِالْحُبِّ.
She believes in love.
آمَنْتُ بِصَدَاقَتِنَا مُنْذُ الْبِدَايَةِ.
I believed in our friendship from the beginning.
الْمُسْلِمُونَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْقُرْآنِ.
Muslims believe in the Quran.
لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ أَحَدٌ بِقُدْرَتِهِ عَلَى النَّجَاحِ.
No one believed in his ability to succeed.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الصِّعَابِ، ظَلَّتْ تُؤْمِنُ بِأَنَّ الْغَدَ سَيَكُونُ أَفْضَلَ.
Despite the hardships, she kept believing that tomorrow would be better.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأُؤْمِنُآمَنْتُسَأُؤْمِنُ
2sgتُؤْمِنُآمَنْتَسَتُؤْمِنُ
3sgيُؤْمِنُآمَنَسَيُؤْمِنُ
1plنُؤْمِنُآمَنَّاسَنُؤْمِنُ
2plتُؤْمِنُونَآمَنْتُمْسَتُؤْمِنُونَ
3plيُؤْمِنُونَآمَنُواسَيُؤْمِنُونَ

Word family

إِيمَانfaith, belief
مُؤْمِنbeliever
أَمَانsafety, security
أَمِينtrustworthy, faithfulأَمْنsecurity

Etymology

آمَن comes from the Semitic root ء-م-ن, tied to the ideas of security and trust. In its Form IV pattern it means to treat something as secure, which extended to believing in it or trusting it. The same root gives Arabic أَمْن (safety) and إِيمَان (faith), and it is shared across Semitic languages, not Indo-European ones.

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