Lesson 28
The Youth
الشباب
Discuss the challenges and responsibilities of youth in contemporary Muslim society. Arguing a position in Arabic both in writing and speech is the key skill developed here.
Youth and Society Vocabulary
ArabicTransliterationMeaning
شَبَابshabābyouth / young people
هُوِيَّةhuwiyyaidentity
تَحَدِّيَاتtaḥaddiyātchallenges
مَسْؤُولِيَّةmasʾūliyyaresponsibility
مُسْتَقْبَلmustaqbalfuture
الشَّبَابُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْيَوْمَ يَواجِهُ تَحَدِّيَاتٍ كَبِيرَةً فِي الْحِفَاظِ عَلَى هُوِيَّتِهِ الإِسْلَامِيَّة
Ash-shabābu l-muslimu l-yawma yuwājihu taḥaddiyātin kabīratan fī l-ḥifāẓi ʿalā huwiyyatihi l-islāmiyya
Muslim youth today face great challenges in preserving their Islamic identity.
- يُوَاجِه: Form III of وَجَهَ "faces/confronts" the mutuative form suggesting a clash between two parties.
- Plural adjective: تَحَدِّيَاتٍ كَبِيرَةً an inanimate plural takes feminine singular agreement in the adjective.
- Argumentation: مِنَ الثَّابِتِ أَنَّ (it is established that), يَنْبَغِي أَنْ (it is appropriate that) formal argumentative openers.
- Prophetic narration: اِغْتَنِمْ خَمْساً قَبْلَ خَمْس "Seize five before five" the Ḥadīth of youth before old age.