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هَابَ fear in Arabic

هَابَ is how you say “fear” in Arabic.

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هِبْتُمُ النَّاسَ وَلَمْ تَهَابُونِي،

You feared people and did not fear Me,

هِبْتُمُ you feared

A past-tense verb with a plural 'you' subject in its ending, 'you feared / held in awe'. The plural lives in the verb itself, no separate pronoun needed.

From Turned Away at the Gate

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هِبْتُمُ النَّاسَ وَلَمْ تَهَابُونِي،

You feared people and did not fear Me,

تَهَابُونِي fear Me

A present-shaped verb pulled into the past and chopped into its jussive ending by the 'did not' before it, with a plural 'you' subject and 'Me' attached as object: 'you feared Me'. The trimmed ending marks the negation trigger.

From Turned Away at the Gate

وَإِذَا أَرَادَ يَكْثُرَ بِهِ الْكُنُوزُ هَابَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ

And if he intended to increase his treasures by it, he feared everything.

هَابَ he feared

A past-tense verb 'he feared', forming the consequence side of the condition. It delivers the 'then...' result that the 'if' clause leads to.

From Wealth and Knowledge on Trial

فَمَنْ اِعْتَادَ الصَّبْرَ هَابَهُ عَدُوُّهُ

So whoever becomes accustomed to patience, his enemy fears him.

هَابَهُ feared him

A past-tense verb 'feared / held in awe' with the object ending '-hu' (him) attached, so it means 'fears him'. It is the result clause, with its subject named next.

From Staying Firm in Faith

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