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أَخَافُ I feared in Arabic

أَخَافُ is how you say “I feared” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

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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

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