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عَصَى disobey in Arabic

عَصَى is how you say “disobey” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

والضعيف فيكم القوي عندي حتى آخذ له الحق، أطيعوني ما أطعت الله فإذا عصيت الله فلا طاعة لي عليكم

And the weak among you is strong to me until I take his right for him. Obey me as long as I obey Allah. If I disobey Allah, then you owe me no obedience.

عَصَيْتُ I disobey

A past-tense verb carrying its 'I' subject in the ending; under the conditional 'if', the past form reads as a supposition, 'if I disobey'. It mirrors the earlier 'obey' to set the contrasting case.

From Obedience to God and Authority

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