يَخَافfears

Example sentences

• العاقل يرى بنور فكره عواقب الأمور قبل وقوعها، فيتجنب ما يخاف سوء عاقبته، ويسارع إلى ما يرجو حسن عاقبته

  "The wise person sees, with the light of his thought, the consequences of matters before they occur. He avoids what he fears will have a bad outcome, and hastens toward what he hopes will have a good outcome."

  يَخَافُ — he fears. A present-tense verb meaning 'he fears', with 'he' built in, heading the clause that defines 'what'. The subject is encoded in the verb; what he fears is spelled out in the words that follow.

  From: Think Before You Act →