الصلاة الربانية
Al-Salat al-Rabbāniyyah
The phrase "our father prayer" in Arabic is الصلاة الربانية (Al-Salat al-Rabbāniyyah).
الصلاة الربانية is the specific term used by Arabic-speaking Christians to refer to the Lord's Prayer, the central Christian prayer where believers address God as their father.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of al-salat (the prayer) and al-rabbāniyyah (the Lordly or Divine).
How does it change in a sentence?
In the phrase الصلاة الربانية, the adjective rabbāniyyah agrees with the noun al-salat in gender, as both are feminine and in definiteness, as both include the definite article al-.
How do you pronounce it?
Al-Salat al-Rabbāniyyah
Did you know?
- The root 'r-b-b' within الربانية does not just mean 'Lord', but can also mean 'sustainer' or 'educator' of a person.
- The term salat is used here to mean a formal prayer, but it is also the exact same word used for the five daily ritual prayers in Islam.
- While الصلاة الربانية is the formal name, many Arabic speakers refer to it simply as أبانا ('Our Father'), which is the first word of the prayer.
Examples in context
- هل تحفظ الصلاة الربانية؟hal taḥfaẓ al-ṣalāt al-rabbāniyya?Do you know the our father prayer by heart?
Example conversation
Yusuf and Sarah are sitting in a church garden.
- يوسف Youssefهل يمكنكِ قول الصلاة الربانية معي؟hal yumkinuki qawl al-ṣalāt al-rabbāniyya ma'ī?Can you say the our father prayer with me?
- سارة Saraنعم، بكل سرور يا يوسف.na'am, bikulli surūr yā yūsuf.Yes, with pleasure, Yusuf.
- يوسف Youssefهذه الصلاة مهمة جداً لنا.hādhihi al-ṣalāt muhimma jiddan lanā.This prayer is very important to us.
- سارة Saraأنا أوافقك الرأي تماماً.anā uwāfikuka al-ra'y tamāman.I completely agree with you.
