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يَجْرِي happen in Arabic

يَجْرِي is how you say “happen” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ولكن هو لم يجره ولم تجر به العادة ولا هو مما تكلم الناس فيه نفيًا أو إثباتًا

But it has not occurred, nor is it customary, and it is not something people have discussed, either in negation or affirmation.

يَجْرِهِ occurred

This verb wears the clipped jussive ending demanded by the negator before it and carries an attached 'it' object; it is a causative-pattern verb 'make it happen/bring it about'. So it means 'He did not bring it about', the doer being God understood.

From Ten Proofs of Resurrection

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فِيمَا يَجْرِي عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِنْ الْعَالِمِ

About what happens to many of the people.

يَجْرِي happens

A present-tense 'it' verb with its subject (the 'what' from the previous word) understood, stating a general, ongoing happening. It is the verb inside the relative clause, naming the thing that 'happens', and it leans on the preposition that follows to mark who it happens to.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

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