يَصْرِفdiverts

Example sentences

• ويصرفه عن الخشوع في التلاوة لله

  and it diverts him from humility in reciting for Allah.

  وَيَصْرِفُهُ — and it diverts him. The conjunction adds a present-tense verb, it turns him away, with the object 'him' attached and the subject still the over-fussiness from before. The verb continues the parallel, naming a second thing the fussiness does to him.

  From: When Recitation Breeds Pride →

• فقال من طلب العلم ليجاري به العلماء، ويماري به السفهاء، ويصرف به وجوه الناس اليه أدخله الله النار

  He said: 'Whoever seeks knowledge to compete with the scholars, or to argue with the foolish, or to turn people's faces towards him, Allah will admit him into the Fire.'

  وَيَصْرِفَ — or to turn. Joined by 'and', a third purpose verb in the same chain, still held in the subjunctive shape by the governing purpose-sense. The repeated subjunctive endings stitch the three aims together as one continuous 'in order to' clause.

  From: Knowledge and Humility →