أَصَابَتْbefalls

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ تَعَالَى وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

  And He, the Exalted, said, "And give glad tidings to the patient ones, those who, when a misfortune befalls them, say, 'Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.'"

  أَصَابَتْهُمْ — befalls them. A completed-action verb in the feminine, agreeing with the feminine noun 'misfortune' that follows, plus 'them' attached as object. The feminine shape and the object suffix together give 'strikes them'.

  From: Patience and God's Help →