بَاقٌenduring

Example sentences

• وَهُوَ بَاقٌ وَصَاحِبُهُ مُوَسَّدٌ تَحْتَ التَّرَابِ

  And it endures, while its owner lies buried beneath the earth.

  بَاقٌ — endures. An active participle — a describing word built from a verb — meaning 'lasting / enduring', and it serves as the comment made about the book. Arabic states 'it endures' with no 'is' verb at all; the participle alone, placed after the topic, does the work of the whole English 'it endures'.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →