فَقُلْتُI said in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَقُلْتُ اِشْرَبْ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللَّهِ ـ قَالَ ـ فَشَرِبَ،

  So I said, "Drink, O Messenger of God." He said so, and he drank.

  فَقُلْتُ — so I said. The 'fa-' (so/then) carries the story onward, fused onto a past speech-verb whose '-tu' ending means 'I'. So the chunk both links and reports the narrator's speaking. The first-person singular subject rides inside that ending.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →

• فَقُلْتُ أَتَيْنَا يَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

  So I said, "We have come, O Messenger of Allah."

  فَقُلْتُ — so I said. The 'fa-' (so/then) carries the story onward, fused onto a past speech-verb whose '-tu' ending means 'I'. So the chunk both links and reports the narrator's speaking. The first-person singular subject rides inside that ending.

  From: A Night with the Prophet →

• فَقُلْتُ إِنْ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِفُلاَنٍ خَيْرًا ـ يُرِيدُ أَخَاهُ ـ يَأْتِي بِهِ

  So I said, If Allah wills good for someone, his brother will want to bring him.

  فَقُلْتُ — so I said. The fa- on the front is a 'next thing' link, tying this speech to the action just before it with a sense of 'and so'; it binds the narrative tighter than a plain 'and'. The verb itself is a past 'said' whose ending already carries the first-person 'I', so the speaker is built into the word rather than written separately.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →

• فَقُلْتُ لَهُ

  So I said to him:

  فَقُلْتُ — so I said. This verb is fronted by an attached 'so/then' marking the next turn, with its first-person 'I' built in by its ending. The joined particle keeps the exchange in order. The ending fixes the 'I'.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا مَلْعُونُ فَمَا الَّذِي تَخَافُهُ

  He said, so I said to him, "O accursed one, what is it that you fear?"

  فَقُلْتُ — so I said. Joins the connector 'fa-' to a past verb of saying carrying a first-person '-tu' as subject, 'so I said'. The 'fa-' here marks the speaker taking his turn in sequence, 'so then'. The verb opens the dreamer's quoted question.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →