تَكُونَbe

Example sentences

• الْحَالَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْقُوَّةُ وَالْغَلَبَةُ لِدَاعِيِ الْهَوَى

  The second case is that power and dominance are with the instigator of desire.

  تَكُونَ — it be. The verb 'to be' in its subjunctive form, made so by the 'that' right before it. Arabic normally needs no 'be' word, but here it carries the clause, and its changed ending is the audible sign that 'that' is governing it.

  From: Three States of the Heart →

• وَهُوَ أَنَّكَ لَا تَخْلُو أَنْ تَكُونَ عَصَيْتَ اللَّهَ فِي عُمْرِكَ، أَوْ أَطَعْتَهُ،

  And it is that you are not free from either having disobeyed God in your life, or having obeyed Him,

  تَكُونَ — you be. A present verb 'to be' pushed into its subjunctive shape by the 'that' before it; the changed ending shows that particle's grip. With its 'you' subject built in, it frames the two past actions that follow as the possible states you might be in.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →