وَأَشْهِدِينَاand bear witness to us

Example sentences

• قَالَ فَإِشْهَدِي اللَّهَ وَأَشْهِدِينَا أَنَّكَ قَدْ رَضِيتَ عَنْهُ

  He said, "Then bear witness to God and to us that you have been pleased with him."

  وَأَشْهِدِينَا — and bear witness to us. The opening wa- simply adds this to the previous command, so it is a second 'bear witness' joined to the first. The tail -na attached to the verb is the object 'us', folded right onto the verb instead of standing as a separate word. Arabic routinely glues the receiver of an action onto the end of the verb like this, so one written word equals a verb plus its object.

  From: A Mother's Forgiveness →