أَطُوفَcircumambulate

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لِأُمْيَّةَ اِنْظُرْ لِيَّ سَاعَةَ خَلْوَةِ لَعَلَّيَ أَنْ أَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ

  He said to Umayya, "Find for me a time of seclusion; perhaps I may circumambulate the House."

  أَطُوفَ — I circumambulate. A first-person present verb meaning to go around something, here in the goal-aimed (subjunctive) ending forced by the 'to' particle before it. The 'I' is inside the verb; the special ending shows this is the intended act.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →