تَحْزَنْgrieve

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →