أَفْسَدَcorrupt

Example sentences

• والابتلاء بقرناء السوء الَّذين يفسدون الْقلب ويضيعون الْوَقْت

  And the trial of bad companions who corrupt the heart and waste time.

  يُفْسِدُونَ — they corrupt. Present-tense verb 'corrupt'; the '-una' ending is the built-in subject 'they'.

  From: Returning to God →

• من يُحسِن الصمتَ لا يهرب من الحوار، بل يختار لحظتَه كي لا تُفسِدَ العجلةُ ما يُصلِحه البيان

  He who masters silence does not flee dialogue, but chooses his moment so that haste does not spoil what clarity mends.

  تُفْسِدَ — spoil. A Form IV verb, 'ruins / spoils,' in the subjunctive (the -a) after 'so that,' feminine to agree with its subject 'haste' to come. The danger to be avoided: hurried speech wrecking what careful speech repairs.

  From: On Silence →