أَرَدَI wanted in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ مَا شَفَيْتَنِي مِمَّا أَرَدْتُ،

  So he said, "You did not satisfy me with what I wanted."

  أَرَدْتُ — I wanted. A past verb with its 'I' subject built into the ending, naming what the speaker had wanted. It fills out the 'that which I wanted' the fused particle introduced.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →

• إِنَّمَا أَرَدْنَا لِلْمَعْرِفَةِ، وَالصَّحِيحُ حَدِيثُ أَبِيْ ذَرٍّ

  We intended it only for knowledge, and the authentic report is that of Abu Dharr.

  أَرَدْنَا — we intended. A past-tense verb of intending with an 'us' ending fused on as the 'we' subject. The suffix carries the doer, so the single word covers 'we intended', the act the restricting particle narrows.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →