يَنْتَفِعُbenefits

Example sentences

• وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَكُونُ قُوَّةُ صَبْرِهِ عَلَى فِعْلٍ مَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ

  And among the people are those whose strong patience is directed toward doing what benefits them.

  يَنْتَفِعُ — benefits. A present-tense verb whose subject 'it' is folded inside the form, with no separate pronoun. It sits inside the 'that which' clause, describing the deed as something that brings benefit. The benefit is reflexive in sense, set up by the attached phrase that follows.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →

• وَإِنَّمَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِالرِّياضَةِ وَالتَّأْدِيبِ مَنْ أَصْلُ جَوْهَرِهِ سَلِيمٌ،

  And only benefits by exercise and discipline who his essential nature is sound,

  يَنْتَفِعُ — benefits. This is a present-tense verb, third-person singular, and it leads its clause before the subject appears, the usual Arabic order. It belongs to a verb family that takes the preposition bi- ('by/through') to mark the means, which is why that phrase follows. Its real subject is the long 'who...' clause further on.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →