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زَنَى he committed adultery in Arabic

زَنَى is how you say “he committed adultery” in Arabic.

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وَهُوَ يَقُوْلُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى

And he was saying, even if he stole and even if he committed adultery.

زَنَى he committed adultery

A past-tense verb of committing adultery with its 'he' subject built in, the supposed case after the second 'even if'. As with its mate, the past shape inside a condition reads as a hypothetical, 'were he to do so'.

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قُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى

I said, "O Gabriel, even if he stole and even if he committed adultery?"

زَنَى he committed adultery

A past-tense verb of committing adultery with a built-in 'he' subject, the supposed case after the second 'even if'. As with its mate, the past form inside a condition reads as a hypothetical.

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قَالَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى قَالَ نَعَمْ،

He said, "I said, 'And if he steals, and if he commits fornication?'" He said, "Yes."

زَنَى he commits fornication

A past-tense verb of committing fornication with a built-in 'he' subject, the supposed case after the second 'if'. As with its mate the past form in a condition reads as a hypothetical.

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