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أَفْلَح
to succeed /ˈʔaflaħa/
verbB1#2566 most common
Also: to prosper, to thrive, to attain salvation
Example sentences
أَنَا أُفْلِحُ فِي دِرَاسَتِي.
I succeed in my studies.
هُوَ أَفْلَحَ فِي الِامْتِحَانِ.
He succeeded in the exam.
إِذَا اجْتَهَدْتَ، سَتُفْلِحُ فِي حَيَاتِكَ.
If you work hard, you will succeed in your life.
أَفْلَحَ التَّاجِرُ فِي تَوْسِيعِ تِجَارَتِهِ رَغْمَ الصُّعُوبَاتِ.
The merchant succeeded in expanding his business despite the difficulties.
قَلَّمَا يُفْلِحُ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ وَحْدَهُ دُونَ مُسَاعَدَةٍ.
Rarely does one succeed who works alone without help.
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ.
Successful indeed are the believers who are humble in their prayers.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُفْلِحُ | أَفْلَحْتُ | سَأُفْلِحُ |
| 2sg | تُفْلِحُ | أَفْلَحْتَ | سَتُفْلِحُ |
| 3sg | يُفْلِحُ | أَفْلَحَ | سَيُفْلِحُ |
| 1pl | نُفْلِحُ | أَفْلَحْنَا | سَنُفْلِحُ |
| 2pl | تُفْلِحُونَ | أَفْلَحْتُمْ | سَتُفْلِحُونَ |
| 3pl | يُفْلِحُونَ | أَفْلَحُوا | سَيُفْلِحُونَ |
Word family
فَلَّاحfarmer, peasant
فَلَاحsuccess, salvation, well-being
فِلَاحَةagriculture, farming
مُفْلِحsuccessful, prosperous
Etymology
The root ف ل ح carries the basic sense of tilling soil and making it yield a harvest. The farmer, fallāḥ, is the one who works the land for a productive result. Form IV, aflaḥa, extends this image from the field to any effort: to bring about a good outcome, to succeed. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root behind this word.
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