يَسْعَىhe runs

Example sentences

• وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَسْعَى سَعْيًا،

  And among them are those who run swiftly,

  يَسْعَى — he runs. A present-tense verb ('runs') with the 'he' subject built in, read as a recurring type. Its final long vowel is part of a weak-root pattern. No separate subject pronoun appears.

  From: The Bridge to Paradise →

• بَيِّنًا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ﵇ يَسْعَى فِي مَوْكِبِهِ

  While Solomon, son of David, was walking in his procession.

  يسْعَى — was walking. A present-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, but used inside this 'while' frame to paint an ongoing past scene, so it reads as 'was walking'. Arabic often uses the present shape for vivid background action in a past story. It describes what was going on when the interruption arrived.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →