صَحِبَaccompany in Arabic

Example sentences

• فقال بعضهم فلعلهم الذين صحبوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ،

  Some of them said: Perhaps they are those who accompanied the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

  صَحِبُوا — they accompanied. A past verb 'accompanied / kept company with', subject 'they' inside (the '-u' ending). It takes the next noun as its object. The doer is sealed in the verb.

  From: Those Who Enter Without Account →

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

  And similarly, His words: "They cannot help themselves, nor are they helped by Us."

  يُصْحَبُونَ — they are helped. This is the passive form of the verb, carrying the plural 'they' subject: 'they are accompanied/aided', with the doer left unnamed. Arabic builds the passive by reshaping the internal vowels rather than adding 'are', flipping the group from helpers to the helped.

  From: Preparing for Judgment Day →

• 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."

  يُصْحَبُونَ — they are assisted. A present-tense verb in the passive, 'they are accompanied/aided', with the plural 'they' as the receiving subject built in. The passive is marked by the verb's inner vowels, so they undergo the (withheld) aiding rather than doing it.

  From: Signs of Resurrection →