يستعد المرشح كي لا ينسى مؤهلاته.

يستعد is the imperfect form of استعدّ, meaning to prepare, to get ready, or to make oneself ready.

So يستعد can mean:

• he prepares
• he is preparing
• he gets ready

It is a derived verb, often analyzed as Form X, and it often has the sense of becoming ready or preparing oneself.

This is normal Arabic word order. Arabic very often uses verb + subject first:

• يستعد المرشح = The candidate prepares / is preparing

You could also say:

• المرشح يستعد

That version is also correct, but it gives the subject a little more prominence. Both are natural; Arabic simply allows more flexibility than English here.

مرشح means candidate or nominee.

The prefix الـ is the definite article, meaning the. So:

• مرشح = a candidate
• المرشح = the candidate

In this sentence, it is masculine singular. The feminine form would usually be المرشحة.

كي means so that or in order that. It introduces a purpose clause.

So:

• كي لا ينسى مؤهلاته = so that he does not forget his qualifications
• more naturally in English: in order not to forget his qualifications

A very common thing for learners to notice is that Arabic uses كي + imperfect verb, while English often uses an infinitive such as to forget.

Because the sentence is expressing a negative purpose:

• كي = in order to / so that
• لا = not

So كي لا ينسى means so that he does not forget or in order not to forget.

This لا is different from other negative particles like:

• لم for past negation
• لن for future negation

Here, لا is the normal choice for negating the verb inside this kind of purpose clause.

Good question. After كي, the imperfect verb is normally in the subjunctive.

However, ينسى is a defective verb ending in alif maqṣūra (ى), and in this kind of verb the indicative and subjunctive often look the same in writing.

So:

• indicative: ينسى
• subjunctive after كي: ينسى
• jussive after لم: ينسَ

That means the grammatical change is real, but it is not visible here in normal spelling.

Yes. That is a very natural translation.

Arabic often says:

• كي + imperfect verb

where English often prefers:

• to + verb
• in order to + verb

So literally, كي لا ينسى is closer to so that he does not forget, but in smoother English, in order not to forget is often the best translation.

مؤهلاته has two parts:

• مؤهلات = qualifications
• ـه = his

So the whole word means his qualifications.

In the sentence, it is the object of ينسى:

• ينسى مؤهلاته = he forgets his qualifications

The suffix ـه refers back to المرشح.

Yes. مؤهلات is a regular sound feminine plural in form because it ends in ـات.

For beginners, the important point is simply that it means qualifications or credentials.

For a more advanced note: sound feminine plurals have a special case pattern, and in the accusative and genitive they take kasra rather than fatḥa. So in full vowel marking, this object would be read as مؤهلاتِه.

Yes. Several alternatives are common:

• لكي لا ينسى مؤهلاته
• لكيلا ينسى مؤهلاته
• لئلا ينسى مؤهلاته

All of these mean roughly the same thing: so that he does not forget his qualifications / in order not to forget his qualifications.

The version with كي لا is straightforward and very clear for learners.