زَنَىhe committed adultery

Example sentences

• 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.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• 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.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →