Lesson 19
Married Life
الحياة الزوجية
Discuss family responsibilities, marriage, and home life. Narrative and opinion discourse structures let you tell stories about your life and share perspectives on family values.
Family Life Vocabulary
ArabicTransliterationMeaning
مَسْؤُولِيَّةmasʾūliyyaresponsibility
تَفَاهُمtafāhummutual understanding
نَفَقَةnafaqafinancial provision (wife's right)
قِوَامَةqiwāmaguardianship / leadership (husband's duty)
تَعَاوُنtaʿāwuncooperation
الْحَيَاةُ الزَّوْجِيَّةُ السَّعِيدَةُ تَقُومُ عَلَى الاِحْتِرَامِ الْمُتَبَادَل
Al-ḥayātu z-zawjiyyatu s-saʿīdatu taqūmu ʿalā l-iḥtirāmi l-mutabādal
A happy married life is built on mutual respect.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِأَهْلِه
Qāla n-nabiyyu ﷺ: Khayrukum khayrukum liʾahlih
The Prophet ﷺ said: "The best of you is the best to his family." (Tirmidhī)
- تَقُوم عَلَى: "Is built on / rests on" an idiomatic expression for foundational principles.
- الْمُتَبَادَل: "Mutual" Form VI passive participle from بَادَلَ (to exchange).
- Hadith in Arabic: Incorporating actual prophetic narrations deepens both language and deen simultaneously.
- Islamic family model: الرَّجُلُ رَاعٍ فِي بَيْتِه the husband is a guardian in his home the series integrates these values naturally.