تَغْتَرَّbe deceived in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَلَا تَغْتَرَّ بِكَثْرَةِ الْهَالِكِينَ،

  Do not be deceived by the great number of those who are perishing.

  تَغْتَرَّْ — be deceived. A derived reflexive verb 'to be taken in / deluded', with its 'you' subject inside it. The preceding 'do not' bends its ending into the clipped jussive shape that always marks a negative command, doubling the final consonant under a silencing mark. The form itself thus reads as a prohibition: don't let yourself be fooled.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →

• فَإِيَّاكَ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَغْتَرَّ بِعَزْمِكَ عَلَى تَرْكِ الْهَوَى،

  So beware, beware of being deceived by your resolve to abandon desire.

  تَغْتَرَّ — be deceived. A present-tense verb aimed at 'you', now in its subjunctive form because the particle before it demanded that shift. Built on a pattern where the action befalls the doer, it means 'you let yourself be deceived'. So it names the self-inflicted danger the warning targets.

  From: Vigilance Against Worldly Deception →