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تَحْزَنْ grieve in Arabic

تَحْزَنْ is how you say “grieve” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

لكن على نَفسه قوي قلبه بِبِشَارَة ﴿لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعنا﴾

But in himself, his heart was strengthened by the glad tidings, 'Do not grieve; indeed, Allah is with us.'

لَا تَحْزَنْ Do not grieve

The 'la' of prohibition plus a present-tense verb clipped to the jussive — 'do not grieve'. The opening of the Quranic reassurance; the prohibitive 'la' forbids the sorrow.

From The Night of the Migration

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فَقَالَ لَا تَحْزَنْ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا

So he said, "Do not be sad; Allah is with us."

تَحْزَنْ do not be sad

A present-shaped verb addressed to one person, here turned into a negative command by the 'do not' before it, 'do not grieve'. Its clipped ending is the verb's response to that prohibition particle, the shape an order-to-stop takes. The built-in subject is the single addressee.

From A Night with the Prophet

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