ظفرachieve

Example sentences

• وغايته أن يظفر في الأحايين منه بخَطْفَةٍ ونَهْبَةٍ تحصل له على غِرَّةٍ من العبد وغفلةٍ لابد له منها؛

  At most, he might occasionally manage a snatch or grab from him when the servant is caught off guard in an unavoidable moment of heedlessness;

  يَظْفَرَ — that he may snatch. Subjunctive verb 'gain / snatch' after 'that' (the '-a' ending), subject 'he' inside. The mood marks it as the hoped-for outcome, not a fact.

  From: Repelling the Devil →