نَسِيَforgets

Example sentences

• ومن نسي صلاةً من الخمسِ ولم يدرِ عينَها، لزِمَه الإتيانُ بجميعِ الخمسِ،

  If someone forgets one of the five prayers and does not know which, they must perform all five.

  نَسِيَ — he forgets. 'he forgot,' the case-verb of 'whoever' — after a conditional word the past reads as a general 'whoever has forgotten.' Its object, 'a prayer,' follows.

  From: Purification Without Water →

• فإذا خرجنا من عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عافسنا الأزواج والأولاد والضيعات نسينا كثيراً

  But when we leave the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, we get involved with our wives, children, and livelihood and forget much.

  نَسِينَا — we forget. A past verb 'forgot' with '-na' = 'we' — 'we forget [much]'. In the flow of the habitual scene it reads as a present. The subject rides in the verb.

  From: Devotion and Daily Life →

• فإذا خرجنا من عندك عافسنا الأزواج والأولاد والضيعات نسينا كثيراً

  But when we leave your presence, we get involved with our wives, children, and livelihood and forget much.

  نَسِينَا — we forget. Past verb 'forgot' with '-na' = 'we' — in the habitual scene, 'we forget'. The subject rides in the verb.

  From: Devotion and Daily Life →

• لا ينسى رزق الحمل ولا يهمل قوت النمل ولا الحيات في الرمل تطوى،

  He does not forget the provision for the fetus nor neglect the nourishment of the ants or the snakes coiled in the sand.

  يَنْسَى — He forgets. A present-tense verb with a built-in 'he' subject, under the negator before it, reading 'he does not forget'. The ongoing-tense form marks forgetting as a general capacity that is denied of the divine subject.

  From: All Creation Praises Him →

• وَيَنْسَى أَنَّ الْمَوْتَ قَدْ يُبَاغِتُ

  And he forgets that death may come suddenly.

  وَيَنْسَى — and he forgets. The wa- links this clause on with 'and', riding on a present-tense 'he' verb whose subject sits in the prefix. It returns to the same negligent figure, stating what he overlooks, and it opens a 'that...' clause spelled out by the particle following.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →