أَجَابَanswered/replied

Example sentences

• فَأَجَابَهُ آدَمُ

  Adam answered him:

  فَأَجَابَهُ — so he answered him. This packs a linking 'so' showing sequence, the verb 'answered', and a tag '-him' as its object into one word. The 'so' marks the reply as the next beat in the exchange, and the suffix supplies the person answered.

  From: Patience Under Decree →

• وَلِهَذَا أَجَابَ مُعَاوِنُ الشَّرْعِ بِالْتَغْرِيبِ وَالْتَرْهِيبِ يَقْوَى جُنْدُ الْعَقْلِ

  For this reason an assistant of the Shari'a replied: By alienation and intimidation the forces of reason become stronger.

  أَجَابَ — he replied. A past-tense verb ('replied'), third-person masculine singular, with its 'he' subject built in. It comes before its named subject, which is normal Arabic verb-first order, so the doer is spelled out in the following word.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →