أَنْفُضُI brushed off

Example sentences

• وَأَنَا أَنْفُضُ لَكَ مَا حَوْلَكَ فَنَامَ،

  And I was brushing off for you whatever was around you, so he slept.

  أَنْفُضُ — I brushed off. A present-tense verb with its 'I' subject built in, used here for an action ongoing at the time, 'I kept brushing off'. Set against the surrounding past, this present paints a backgrounded, continuing activity. Arabic uses the present shape this way to show simultaneity.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →

• وَخَرَجْتُ أَنْفُضُ مَا حَوْلَهُ،

  And I went out, shaking off what was around him.

  أَنْفُضُ — I shake off. A present-tense verb with its 'I' subject built in, used here for the manner of going, 'went out [while] shaking off'. The present shape against the surrounding past marks a simultaneous, backgrounded activity. Arabic regularly uses the present this way to show how the main action was carried out.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →