سَدَّclose

Example sentences

• وتقول الحمدُ لله فتَرُدُّ الفضلَ إلى المُنعِم وتسدُّ بابَ الكِبر

  And you say: 'All praise is due to Allah' and return the credit to the bestower and close the door to arrogance.

  وَتَسُدُّ — and close. 'and you block' — 'wa' plus present 'you shut', subject 'you' inside. The doubled final is the root shape; another effect of the praise.

  From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →

• فانحدرت صخرة من الجبل فسدت عليهم الغار،

  Then a rock fell down from the mountain and blocked the entrance of the cave.

  فَسَدَّتْ — so it blocked. This pairs the connector fa- ('and so', marking result) with a past-tense verb. Here fa- signals consequence: the rock fell, and as a result it sealed the cave; the verb's feminine ending agrees with the rock as its doer.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →