تَشْهَدُdo you testify

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ قَالَ لِابْنِ صَيَّادِ تَشْهَدُ أَنَّيِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

  Then he said to Ibn Sayyad, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?"

  تَشْهَدُ — do you testify. A present-tense verb addressed to 'you', 'do you testify', the question carried by intonation rather than a separate marker here; the 'you' subject is built into the verb's shape. It opens the content asked about.

  From: A Night with the Companions →

• فَقَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَشْهَدُ أَنَّيِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

  Then Ibn Sayyad said to the Prophet, "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of God?"

  أَتَشْهَدُ — do you testify. A present-tense verb addressed to 'you', 'do you testify', with a question marker fused to its front; the prefix carries the interrogation, and the 'you' subject is built into the verb. It opens the content asked.

  From: A Night with the Companions →