سَرَقَhe stole

Example sentences

• وَهُوَ يَقُوْلُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى

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

  سَرَقَ — he stole. A past-tense verb of stealing with its 'he' subject built in, sitting as the supposed case after 'even if'. Inside a condition this past shape reads as a hypothetical, 'were he to steal'.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →

• قُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى

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

  سَرَقَ — he stole. A past-tense verb of stealing with a built-in 'he' subject, the supposed case after 'even if'. Inside the condition the past shape reads as a hypothetical, 'were he to steal'.

  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."

  سَرَقَ — he steals. A past-tense verb of stealing with a built-in 'he' subject, the supposed case after 'if'. The past shape inside a condition reads as a hypothetical, here Englished as a general 'he steals'.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →