أَشْرَبُI drink

Example sentences

• فَأَقُولُ، يَا بُنْيَّ تَعَلَّمْ أَنَّي لَا أَشْرَبُ نَهَارًا

  So I say, my son, know that I do not drink during the day.

  أَشْرَبُ — I drink. A first-person present-tense verb, 'I drink', with the 'I' built into its prefix. Under the negator before it, it states a standing habit that is denied. The present shape here covers a general, repeated truth about the speaker, not a one-time event.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →

• وَانْ شُرْبِ ذَكَرَ اِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَلَا أَشْرَبُ مَعَهُ

  If he drinks after saying the name of God, I will not drink with him.

  أَشْرَبُ — I will drink. A present-tense verb 'I drink' with the 'I' subject built in, under the negator, so it reads 'I do not drink'. It is the result clause of the condition.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →