تَحَاسَدenvy

Example sentences

• ولا تحاسدوا،

  And do not envy one another,

  تَحَاسَدُوا — envy one another. A plural verb in the mutual pattern, so the envy is pictured as passing between people rather than one-directional, and the 'you all' subject is built into its ending. The prohibition word holds it in the jussive shape that marks a forbidden act.

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• وفي رواية لا تحاسدوا، ولا تباغضوا، ولا تجسسوا، ولا تحسسوا ولا تناجشوا وكونوا عباد الله إخوانًا

  And in a version: 'Do not envy, do not hate, do not spy, do not look for faults, do not artificially raise bids, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers.'

  تَحَاسَدُوا — you envy. A plural verb in the mutual pattern, so envy passes between people, with 'you all' built into the ending. The prohibition before it holds it in the jussive shape that signals a forbidden act.

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