أَخَافُI feared

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّيَ إِنْ رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ قُمْتُ كَأَنَّيَ أُرِيقُ الْمَاءَ،

  Whenever I saw anything that made me fear for you, I would stand up as if I were pouring water,

  أَخَافُ — I feared. A present-tense verb with its 'I' subject built in, describing the fear the seen thing stirred. Coming straight after 'something', it heads a describing clause on that noun, the way English hangs a 'that I feared' onto a thing.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →

• فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَمَّا عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي لَا أَخَافُ مِنَ الْعَصَا وَلَا مِنَ الأَسْلِحَةِ

  So he said to me, "O Abu Sa'id, did you not know that I do not fear the stick or the weapons?"

  أَخَاف — I fear. A present-tense verb of fearing carrying its first-person 'I' subject inside, negated by the 'la' before it. It leads into the 'from' phrases naming what is not feared. Present tense plus the negator gives a timeless 'I have no fear of'.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →