جَذَبَattract

Example sentences

• فَكَانَ يَمْزِجُ بَيْنَ هَذَا وَذَاكَ لِيَجْذِبَ الْقُلُوبَ،

  He would mix this with that to win hearts.

  لِيَجْذِبَ — in order to attract. This attaches the purpose-preposition 'in order to' to a verb and bends it into the 'aim' subjunctive shape — the preposition both signals purpose and triggers the changed ending. So one prefix turns the verb into 'so as to attract', marking the goal of the blending.

  From: The Preacher's Legacy →

• فَمَنْ تَعَلَّقَ بِغُصْنٍ مِنْهَا جَذَبَهُ إِلَى النَّعِيمِ

  So whoever clings to one of its branches will be drawn toward bliss.

  جَذَبَهُ — will draw him. This past-tense verb carries its own subject and an attached 'him' object; the tree is the doer drawing the clinging person along. The past shape reads as the condition's general consequence.

  From: Charity and Stinginess →