خَطَبَaddress

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ خَطَبَهُمْ فَقَالَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ

  Then he addressed them and said in his sermon.

  خَطَبَهُمْ — addressed them. A past-tense verb 'addressed' carrying a tail pronoun 'them', so the object rides inside the same word as the verb. Its 'he' subject is built in. The attached 'them' points back to the gathered congregation just summoned.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →

• كما قال أبو بكر الصديق ﵁ حين تولى أمر المسلمين وخطبهم،

  As Abu Bakr al-Siddiq said when he assumed responsibility over the Muslims and addressed them,

  وَخَطَبَهُمْ — and addressed them. A bundle of wa- 'and', a past-tense verb 'addressed', and the attached -hum (them) object. The wa- joins this to 'took charge', and the -hum points back to the Muslims: 'and addressed them'.

  From: Obedience to God and Authority →