يَسْتَطِيعable

Example sentences

• ونظيره قوله سبحان ﴿لا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلا هُمْ مِنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ﴾

  And a similar idea is in His saying, "They are unable to help themselves, nor are they assisted by Us."

  يَسْتَطِيعُونَ — they are able. A present-tense verb 'they are able' with the plural 'they' subject built into its ending, under the scope of the preceding 'not'. Arabic marks the plural doer inside the verb itself.

  From: Signs of Resurrection →