قَدَرَable

Example sentences

• فمتى قَدَرَ على الماء قَبْلَ الدخول في الصلاة بَطَلَ تيممُه

  If one can access water before starting the prayer, their Tayammum is void.

  قَدَرَ — he was able. 'he was able,' the case-verb of 'whenever' — after a conditional word the past reads as a general 'whenever he can.' It takes 'on' (next) for what he gains access to: water.

  From: When Earth Replaces Water →

• مَا قَدَرْتُ أَنْ أَتَأَمَّلَ أُمِّي مُنْذُ أَسْلَمَتْ

  I could not look after my mother since she embraced Islam.

  قَدَرْتُ — I could. A past-tense verb of ability with the -tu ending fixing 'I' as the subject, 'I was able'. Under the negation before it, it becomes 'I was not able'. It leans on the 'that...' clause that follows to say what he could not manage, so it works as a frame awaiting its complement.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →