يَنَالَattain

Example sentences

• وَأَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَنَالَ مِنْهُ غَرَضَهُ

  And his enemy was about to achieve his aim against him.

  يَنَالَ — attain. A present-tense verb pushed into the subjunctive shape by the particle before it, so it reads 'to attain'. The altered ending shows the attaining is the aimed-at thing, not a stated fact.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →

• وَيُكَابِدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْعَاقِلُ فَيَتَصَعَّبُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى لَا يَنَالَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ

  And he struggles with the sensible believer, making it so difficult for him that he obtains nothing of what he seeks.

  يَنَالَ — obtain. This is a present-tense verb meaning 'obtain/gain', here in the result clause under 'until' and negated, so it reads 'he obtains (nothing)'. Its subject 'he' is built in, pointing to the devil. It carries the action being denied.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →