عائل
Arabic
Adjective
عَائِل • (ʿāʾil)
- poor (with no or few possessions or money)
- Synonym: فَقِير (faqīr)
- Antonym: غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 93:6-8:
- أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَى وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَى وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَى
- ʾalam yajidka yatīman faʾāwā wawajadaka ḍāllan fahadā wawajadaka ʿāʾilan faʾaḡnā
- Did He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee)? Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)? Did He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee)?