تُعْجِبُhe liked

Example sentences

• كنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في دعوة، فرفع إليه الذراع، وكانت تعجبه،

  We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, at a meal where a foreleg was presented to him, which he liked.

  تُعْجِبُهُ — he liked. A present-tense verb with an 'it' subject and a 'him' pronoun fused on as its object. The verb's logic is reversed from English: the foreleg is the doer that 'pleases', and the 'him' is the one pleased, so the thing liked is grammatically the actor.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →