اجتهد

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Arabic

Root
ج ه د (j h d)
11 terms

Verb

اِجْتَهَدَ (ijtahada) VIII (non-past يَجْتَهِدُ (yajtahidu), verbal noun اِجْتِهَاد (ijtihād))

  1. to work hard, to strive
    • 12th century CE, Al-Ghazali, The Beginning of Guidance (bidayatu l-hidayah):
      [] وَهِيَ ٱلْحَسَدُ، وَٱلْرِيَاءُ، وَٱلْعُجْبُ، فَٱجْتَهِدْ فِي تَطْهِيرِ قَلْبِكَ مِنْهَا []
      wa-hiya l-ḥasadu, wa-r-riyāʾu, wa-l-ʿujbu, fa-jtahid fī taṭhīri qalbika minhā
      and those are envy, showiness, and arrogance. strive to purify your heart from those

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: اجتهاد (ictihad)