يُؤَاخِذُhold accountable

Example sentences

• كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِي إِن الله لَا يُؤَاخذ على دمع الْعين وَلَا حزن الْقلب وَلَكِن يُؤَاخذ على هَذَا وَيرْحَم

  As the Prophet said, 'Indeed, Allah does not punish for the tear of the eye or the sadness of the heart, but He punishes for this — or shows mercy.'

  يُؤَاخِذُ — he holds accountable. Present-tense verb, 'He holds accountable', with 'He' built in, under the negation. The present form states a general divine rule; what He is not accountable-holding for comes via the next preposition.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →

• كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِي إِن الله لَا يُؤَاخذ على دمع الْعين وَلَا حزن الْقلب وَلَكِن يُؤَاخذ على هَذَا وَيرْحَم

  As the Prophet said, 'Indeed, Allah does not punish for the tear of the eye or the sadness of the heart, but He punishes for this — or shows mercy.'

  يُؤَاخِذُ — he holds accountable. Present-tense verb, 'He holds accountable', with 'He' built in, now stated positively after the 'but'. The present form again expresses a general divine rule; the offense follows.

  From: Patience in Hard Times →