حَلَفَhe swore

Example sentences

• فَحَلَفَ أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْهُمْ وَيُسْتَبْدَلُوا بِدَارِهِ

  So he swore that he would turn away from them and that they would be replaced in his household.

  فَحلف — so he swore. Consecutive fa- ('and so') on a past-tense verb of swearing, 'he' inside it. The fa- ties the vow to the elder's rising; the verb opens an oath whose content follows.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →