يَنْفَعُوbenefit

Example sentences

• وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ الْأُمَّةَ لَوْ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَى أَنْ يَنْفَعُوك بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَنْفَعُوك إلَّا بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ لَك،

  Know that if the nation gathered to benefit you with anything, they would not benefit you except with what Allah has decreed for you.

  يَنْفَعُوكَ — they benefit you. In the subjunctive that 'an' requires, with the plural 'they' inside and '-ka' the object 'you'. The subjunctive of such plural verbs drops its final 'n', a visible mark of the mood: 'that they benefit you'.

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• وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ الْأُمَّةَ لَوْ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَى أَنْ يَنْفَعُوك بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَنْفَعُوك إلَّا بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ لَك،

  Know that if the nation gathered to benefit you with anything, they would not benefit you except with what Allah has decreed for you.

  يَنْفَعُوكَ — they benefit you. In the jussive after 'lam', plural 'they' inside and '-ka' the object 'you'. The clipped form (its 'n' dropped) marks the mood: 'they would not benefit you' except as stated.

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