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الجهاد من أجل العلم واجب.
Striving for knowledge is a duty.
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Words from the same root
ج ه دArabic words grow from roots. These words share the root of الجهاد, so their meanings are related: learn them together.
- جاهد to struggle or exert oneself for a purpose
- اجتهد to strive exert effort (past)
- مجتهد diligent
- يجاهد to struggle or exert oneself for a purpose
- يجتهد strives exerts effort (present)
- اجتهاد striving effort
- بعد جهد جهيد after a sustained effort
More words from 2. الدرس السادس : من رائدات الحركة النسائية العربية ج 2
- الجهل ignorance
- الدهشة to be amazed surprised
- الرفع to raise lift (something)
- الطلاق to divorce (someone)
- الكفاح to fight struggle (against) (for) a cause
- المعارضة to oppose
- المكافحة to fight struggle (against) (for) a cause
- الموافقة to agree on; to accept (e.g. a proposal)