قُمْتُI rose in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَتَوَضَّأَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ،

  Then he performed ablution, and then I rose to him.

  فَقُمْتُ — and then I rose. The fa- ('and then') orders the speaker's move; the verb is a past 'I rose' with the first-person 'I' built in. It marks the next step toward the Prophet.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →

• 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,

  قُمْتُ — I stood up. A past verb with its 'I' subject built into the ending, 'I stood up'. It is the habitual response in the if-then, what the speaker did each time the condition held.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →

• فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْسَلَكَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ

  I stood up among them, and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to me, "Did Abu Talhah send you?"

  فَقُمْتُ — so I stood up. The fa- carries the account on -- 'so I stood up' -- '-tu' marking 'I'. It shows the narrator rising as the next beat after arriving among the gathering.

  From: The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty →